Introducing the Switch
Front of the Switch
Power,
Fault, and
Locator
Test and Status LEDs
LEDs
Console
Reset and
Port
Clear
buttons
1-6
The following image represents the characteristics of the HP 2530 24-port and
48-port Gigabit Ethernet switches.
Switch port LEDs
LED Mode select button
10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 PoE+ ports
and indicator LEDs
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All 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 ports have the Auto-MDIX feature.
Network Ports
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8, 24, or 48 auto-sensing 10/100BASE-TX or 10/100/1000BASE-T ports.
All these ports have the "Auto-MDIX" feature, which means that you can
use either straight-through or crossover twisted-pair cables to connect
any network devices to the switch.
Two dual-personality ports (HP 2530 8-port switches).
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Two auto-sensing 10/100/1000BASE-T ports and two SFP slots for fiber or
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copper uplinks (HP 2530 24-port and 48-port Fast Ethernet switches).
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Four SFP slots for fiber or copper uplinks (HP 2530 24-port and 48-port
Gigabit Ethernet switches).
LEDs
On the 2530 Switches, there are three groupings of LEDs:
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switch status LEDs
■
port LEDs
(Table
Port LED Mode indicator LEDs (near the selector button)
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HP 2530-48G-PoE+ Switch (J9772A)
(Table
1-2)
1-3)
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SFP slots
(Table
1-4)