ES-3148 User's Guide
3.2 Rear Panel
The following figure shows the rear panel of the ES-3148.
Figure 14 Rear Panel
Console Port
RJ-45 Gigabit Ports for Stacking
The following table describes the ports on the panels.
Table 2 Rear Panel
CONNECTOR
2 100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Gigabit Ports
Console Port
Management
Port
External
Backup Power
Supply (BPS)
Power
Receptacle
3.2.1 Console Port
For local management, you can use a computer with terminal emulation software configured
to the following parameters:
• VT100 terminal emulation
• 9600 bps
• No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit
• No flow control
Connect the male 9-pin end of the console cable to the console port of the switch. Connect the
female end to a serial port (COM1, COM2 or other COM port) of your computer.
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External BPS
Management Port
DESCRIPTION
Connect these Gigabit Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
Only connect this port if you want to configure the switch using the command line
interface (CLI) via the console port. See
Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local configuration of the
switch.
Connect this to an external BPS. See
Connect this to an appropriate power supply. See
Power Receptacle
Section 3.2.1 on page
50.
Section 3.2.2 on page
51.
Section 3.2.3 on page
Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
51.