ES-3124 User’s Guide
Chapter 3 Hardware Overview 45
CHAPTER 3
Hardware Overview
This chapter describes the front panel and rear panel of the switch and shows you how to make
the hardware connections.
3.1 Panel Connections
The figure below shows the front panel of the switch.
Figure 9 Front Panel
The following table describes the ports on the panels.
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports
LEDs
RJ-45 Gigabit Ports for Stacking
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
Console Port
Management Port
Table 1 Panel Connections
CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION
24 10/100
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
2 100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Gigabit Ports
Connect these Gigabit Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
Two Dual
Personality
Interfaces
Each 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.
2 100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Gigabit
Ports
Connect these Gigabit Ethernet ports 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.
