Hardware Overview; Chapter 3 Hardware Overview; Panel Connections; Ethernet Ports - ZyXEL Communications ES-3148 Series User Manual

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H A P T E R
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 9 Front Panel

The following table describes the ports on the panels.

Table 1 Front Panel

CONNECTOR
48 10/100
Mbps RJ-45

Ethernet Ports

Two Dual
Personality
Interfaces
2 100/1000
Mbps RJ-
45 Ports
2 Mini-
GBIC Slots
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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10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports
DESCRIPTION
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
Each interface has one 1000 Base-T RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor
Pluggable (SFP) slot (also called a mini-GBIC slot), with one port or transceiver
active at a time.
Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet switches using
1000Base-T compatible Category 5/5e/6 copper cables.
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
3
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
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