| | Chapter 3 Hardware Panels |
| Table 2 Front Panel Connections (GS200-24P) |
| LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
| Four Dual | Each interface has one 1000BASE-T RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor |
| Personality | Pluggable (SFP) slot (also called a mini-GBIC slot), with one port or |
| Interfaces | transceiver active at a time. |
| | Note: The ports change to fiber mode directly when inserting the fiber |
| | module. |
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| | • Four GE PoE Ethernet 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports: |
| | Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet |
| | switches using 1000BASE-T compatible Category 5/5e/6 copper cables. |
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| | • Four Mini-GBIC Slots: |
| | Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone |
| | Ethernet switches. |
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| Console Port | The console port is for local configuration of the Switch. |
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3.2.1 Console Port
For local management, you can use a computer with terminal emulation software configured to the following parameters:
•VT100
•Terminal emulation
•9600 bps
•No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit
•No flow control
Connect the male 9-pin end of the console cable to the console port of the Switch. Connect the female end to a serial port (COM1, COM2 or other COM port) of your computer.
3.2.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports
The Switch has 1000Base-T auto-negotiating, auto-crossover Ethernet ports. In 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit, the speed can be 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps and the duplex mode can be half duplex or full duplex.
An auto-negotiating port can detect and adjust to the optimum Ethernet speed (10/100/1000 Mbps) and duplex mode (full duplex or half duplex) of the connected device.
An auto-crossover (auto-MDI/MDI-X) port automatically works with a straight- through or crossover Ethernet cable.