Chapter 3 Hardware Overview; Panel Connections; Ethernet Ports; Figure 9 Front Panel - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Dimension ES-3148 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 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
Gigabit
Ports
Mini-GBIC
Ports
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.

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview

Hardware Overview
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 copper RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor
Pluggable (SFP) fiber port, with one port active at a time.
Connect these Gigabit Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches.
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
C
H A P T E R
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
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