Chapter 3 Hardware Connections; Safety Warnings; Front Panel; Figure 3-1 Gs-3012F Front Panel - ZyXEL Communications Dimension GS-3012F User Manual

This chapter acquaints you with the front and rear panels, shows you how to make the connections,

3.1 Safety Warnings

The length of exposed (bare) power wire should not exceed 7mm.
Do not use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement.
Only a qualified technician should service or disassemble this device.

3.2 Front Panel

The following figure shows the front panel of the GS-3012F. The front panel contains the switch LEDs, 12 mini
GBIC ports, four RJ-45 Gigabit ports, and a console and management port for local management.
LEDs
CONNECTOR
12 Mini GBIC Ports
Four 100/1000 Mbps
RJ-45 Gigabit Ports
Console Port
Management Port
3.2.1 Console Port
For local management, you can use a computer with terminal emulation software configured to the following
parameters:
Hardware Connections
Mini GBIC Ports

Figure 3-1 GS-3012F Front Panel

Table 3-1 GS-3012F: Front Panel

Use mini GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optical connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
Connect these 1Gbps Electrical Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network
Ethernet switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
The console port is for local configuration of the switch.
Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local configuration of the
switch.
Hardware Connections
install/remove (optional) modules and explains the LEDs.
Mini GBIC/ Ethernet Combo Ports
DESCRIPTION
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Console Port
Management Port
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