ES-1124 User’s Guide
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3
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
The figure below shows the front panel of the switch.
Figure 6
Front Panel
The following table describes the ports on the panels.
3.1.1 Ethernet Ports
The switch has 24 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating, auto-crossover Ethernet ports. In 10/100
Mbps Fast Ethernet, the speed can be 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps and the duplex mode can be half
duplex or full duplex.
LEDs
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports
Table 1
Panel Connections
CONNECTOR
DESCRIPTION
24 10/100
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
Two Dual
Personality
Interfaces
Each interface has one 1000 Base-T copper RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor
Pluggable (SFP) fiber port, with one port active at a time.
•
2 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Gigabit Ports:
Connect these Gigabit Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network
Ethernet switches.
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2 Mini
-
GBIC Ports:
Use mini
-
GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
