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Chapter 3 Hardware Overview

RJ-45 port, one console and one management port for local management, and a slot for alarm management.

Figure 9 Front Panel: MGS-3712F

LEDs	Console Port
	Management Port

		Signal slot
Mini-GBIC slots
	Dual Personality Interfaces

The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.

Table 1 Front Panel Connections

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
8 100/1000	Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
Mbps RJ-45	switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
Ports (MGS-
3712)
8 Mini-GBIC	Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone
Slots (MGS-	Ethernet switches.
3712F)
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.
	• Four 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.
	• Four Mini-GBIC Slots:
	Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone
	Ethernet switches.
Console Port	The console port is for local configuration of the Switch.
Management	Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local
Port	configuration of the Switch.
Signal Slot	Connect the signal input pins to signal output terminals on other pieces of
	equipment.
	Connect the signal output pins to a signal input terminal on another piece
	of equipment.
	See Chapter 42 on page 357 for details on the pin assignments required.

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