Hardware Description; Switch Front Panel - Planet IGSW-2840 User Manual

This section describes the hardware features and installation of the Industrial Managed Switch on the desktop or rack mount.
For easier management and control of the switch, familiarize yourself with its display indicators, and ports. Front panel
illustrations in this chapter display the unit LED indicators. Before connecting any network device to the switch, please read this
chapter completely.

2.1 Hardware Description

2.1.1 Switch Front Panel

The unit front panel provides a simple interface monitoring the switch. Figure 2-1 shows the front panel of the Industrial
Managed Switches.
IGSW-2840 Front Panel
■ Gigabit TP interface
10/100/1000Base-T Copper, RJ-45 Twist-Pair: Up to 100 meters.
■ Gigabit SFP slots
1000Base-SX/LX mini-GBIC slot, SFP (Small Factor Pluggable) transceiver module: From 550 meters (Multi-mode fiber),
up to 10/30/50/70/120 kilometers (Single-mode fiber).
■ Console Port
The console port is a DB9, RS-232 male seria port connector. It is an interface for connecting a terminal directly. Through
the console port, it provides rich diagnostic information includes factory reset, forgotten password access, network statistics,
link status and system setting. Users can use the attached RS-232 cable in the package and connect to the console port on
the device. After the connection, users an run any terminal emulation program (Hyper Terminal, ProComm Plus, Telix,
Winterm and so on) to enter the statup screen of the device.
Figure 2-1 IGSW-2840 Front Panel.
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