Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
GS3700/XGS3700 Series User’s Guide
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Figure 7
Front Panel: XGS3700 Series
The following table describes the ports.
3.1.1 Ethernet Ports
The Switch has 1000Base-T auto-negotiating, auto-crossover Ethernet ports. In 10/100/1000 Mbps
Gigabit Ethernet, the speed can be 10Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps. The duplex mode can be both
half or full duplex at 100 Mbps and full duplex only at 1000 Mbps.
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.
3.1.1.1 Default Ethernet Settings
The factory default negotiation settings for the Ethernet ports on the Switch are:
Table 2
Panel Connections
CONNECTOR
DESCRIPTION
24 or 48 10/
100/1000Base-T
RJ-45 Ethernet
Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
4 SFP or SFP+
Slots
Use Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) or SFP+ transceivers in these ports for fiber-optic
or copper connections to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router. You can also
insert an SFP+ Direct Attach Copper (DAC) in the SFP+ slot.
RJ-45 out-of-
band
Management
Port
Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local configuration of the Switch.
Console Port
Only connect this port to your computer (using an RS-232 cable) if you want to configure
the Switch using the command line interface (CLI) via the console port.