ES-2108 Series User’s Guide
44 Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.
3.1.1 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.
3.1.2 Ethernet Ports
The switch has Eight 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.
Table 2 Front Panel
PORT DESCRIPTION
All Models
CONSOLE Only connect this port if you want to configure the switch using the command line
interface (CLI) via the console port.
Eight 10/100
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
ES-2108-LC
Mini-GBIC Port Use a mini-GBIC transceiver in this slot for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
100 Base-FX
Fiber-Optic
Port
This is a 100-Base FX fiber-optic module and is only available on the ES-2108-LC.
Use the fiber optic cable to connect this uplink port to a backbone Ethernet switch.
ES-2108-G / ES-2108PWR
Dual
Personality
Interface
This 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.
100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Gigabit Port
Connect this Gigabit Ethernet port to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches.
Mini-GBIC
Ports
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
ES-2108PWR
Power over
Ethernet
The 8 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet ports are compliant with the IEEE 802.3af power
over Ethernet standard.
