Hardware Description; Device Port Configurations; Powerconnect 5324 Front Panel Port Description; Figure 2-3. Powerconnect 5324 Front Panel - Dell PowerConnect 5324 User Manual

Hardware Description

Device Port Configurations

PowerConnect 5324 Front Panel Port Description

The PowerConnect 5324 device is configured with the following ports:
• 24 Copper ports — RJ-45 ports designated as 10/100/1000 BaseT Gigabit Ethernet ports
• 4 Fiber ports — Designated as Gigabit ports
• Terminal port — RS-232 console based port
The following figure illustrates the PowerConnect 5324 front panel.

Figure 2-3. PowerConnect 5324 Front Panel

The front panel contains ports1-24, which are copper based RJ-45 ports, designated as 10/100/1000
Mbps and support both Half and Full Duplex modes. There are four SFP fiber ports which are
designated as Combo ports 21-24. A Combo port is a single logical port with two physical
connections. Only one physical connection can be active at a time, so either the copper ports or the
equivalent fiber ports 21-24 can be active, but they cannot both be active simultaneously. The
upper row of ports are marked by odd numbers 1-23 and the lower row of ports are marked with
even numbers 2-24.
On the front panel is an RS-232 Console port, all the device LEDs and a Reset Button which is
used to manually reset the device.
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