10Base-T/ 100Base-Tx/ 1000Base-T Ports; Dual Personality Sfp Ports; Console Port - 3Com SUPERSTACK 3 3870 Series Getting Started Manual

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HAPTER NTRODUCING THE UPER TACK WITCH
10BASE-T/ The 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T ports have RJ-45 connectors and
100BASE-TX/ are configured as Auto MDIX (cross-over).
1000BASE-T Ports
The default state for these ports is auto-negotiation enabled, where the
speed, duplex and flow control modes of a link are automatically
detected to provide the highest available bandwidth with the link partner.
Alternatively, auto-negotiation can be disabled. These ports can be
manually configured to 10 Mbps half duplex, 100 Mbps half duplex,
10 Mbps full duplex or 100 Mbps full duplex. It is not possible to
manually configure a 1000 Mbps link as auto-negotiation is mandatory in
the 1000 Mbps standard. If auto-negotiation is disabled, Auto MDIX
cannot function and the ports are fixed as MDIX (cross-over) mode.
If auto-negotiation is disabled on a 1000 Mbps port, the speed will drop
to the highest available speed. By default this is 100 Mbps.
Dual Personality SFP The 4 Dual Personality SFP (Small Form Factor Pluggable) ports support
Ports fiber Gigabit Ethernet short-wave (SX), long-wave (LX) and long-haul
(LH70) transceivers in any combination. This offers you the flexibility of
using SFP transceivers to provide connectivity between the Switch and
remote 1000 Mbps workgroups or to create a high capacity aggregated
link backbone connection.
The SFP ports are capable of auto-negotiating flow control. As the speed
and duplex modes are fixed by the media type, only the flow control is
negotiated with the link partner. Alternatively, auto-negotiation can be
disabled and the flow control setting can be manually configured.

Console Port

The console port allows you to connect a terminal and perform remote or
local out-of-band management. As the console port on the Switch is an
RJ-45 port, you will need to connect an RJ-45 to DB9 converter cable to a
standard null modem cable in order to connect a terminal.
The standard null modem cable is set to autobaud (up to a maximum of
19,200 baud), 8 data bits, no parity and 1 stop bit.