Chapter 3 Hardware Connections; Safety Warnings; Front Panel; Figure 3-1 Es-3124 Front Panel - ZyXEL Communications Dimension ES-3124 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 ES-3124. The front panel contains switch LEDs, 24 RJ-45
Ethernet ports, four RJ-45 Gigabit ports, 2 mini GBIC ports, and a console port and a management port for local
switch management.
LEDs
The following table describes the ports on the front panel.
CONNECTOR
24 10/100 Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet connectors
Four 100/1000 Mbps
RJ-45 Gigabit Ports
Two Mini GBIC Ports
Console Port
Management Port
Hardware Connections
Ethernet Ports

Figure 3-1 ES-3124 Front Panel

Table 3-1 ES-3124: Front Panel Ports

Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
Connect these 1Gbps Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
Use mini GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optical connections to backbone
Ethernet 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.
Dimension ES-3124 Ethernet Switch
Hardware Connections
install/remove (optional) modules and explains the LEDs.
RJ-45 Gigabit Ports for stacking
DESCRIPTION
Chapter 3
Console Port
Management Port
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini GBIC
Combo Ports for uplink
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