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Hardware Overview

This chapter describes the front panel and rear panel of the switch and shows you how to make the hardware connections.

3.1 Panel Connections and the RESET Button

The figure below shows the front panel of the switch.

Figure 8 Front Panel

LEDs

RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet Ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWR

RESET Button

10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet Ports

Mini-GBIC Slots

 

The following table describes the ports on the panels.

Table 1 Panel Connections

CONNECTOR

DESCRIPTION

10/100 Mbps

Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.

RJ-45 Ethernet

 

Ports

 

 

 

RJ-45 Gigabit

Connect these Gigabit Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet

Ethernet Ports

switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.

 

 

Mini-GBIC

Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone

Slots

Ethernet switches.

 

 

3.1.1 Ethernet Ports

The switch has 48 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating, auto-crossover Ethernet ports. In 10/ 100Mbps Fast Ethernet, the speed can be 10Mbps or 100Mbps and the duplex mode can be half duplex or full duplex.

 

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