Hardware Overview; Chapter 3 Hardware Overview; Front Panel Connections - ZyXEL Communications XS3800-28 User Manual

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

3.1 Front Panel Connections

The Switch supports 16 SFP+ slots and four 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports. The Switch also comes with eight
dual personality interfaces of 10 Gigabit. A dual personality interface includes one Gigabit port and one
slot for a SFP+ module with one port active at a time.
Ethernet ports support Multi-Gigabit (100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, 5 Gbps, and 10 Gbps). See
1.1.1 on page 23
The figure below shows the front panel of the Switch.
Figure 10 Front Panel: XS3800-28
The following table describes the ports.
Table 3 Panel Connections
CONNECTOR
16 10 GbE SFP+ Slots
4 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps,
2.5 Gbps, 5 Gbps,
and 10 Gbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
8 10 GbE Combo
Ports (Dual
Personality
Interfaces)
RJ-45 out-of-band
Management Port
Console Port

Hardware Overview

for more information about Multi-Gigabit.
DESCRIPTION
Use SFP+ transceivers in these ports for high-bandwidth backbone connections. You can
also insert an SFP+ Direct Attach Copper (DAC) in the SFP+ slot.
These are 10GBase-T auto-negotiating and auto-crossover Ethernet ports.
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, a router, or an Ethernet switch.
Each interface has one 10GBase-T copper RJ-45 port and one SFP slot, with one port active
at a time.
• 8 10GBase-T Ports:
Connect these ports to a computer, an Ethernet switch or router.
• 8 SFP+ Slots:
Use Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceivers in these ports for fiber-optic
connections to an Ethernet switch or router.
Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local configuration of the Switch.
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.
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