GS2200-48 User’s Guide
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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 Front Panel Connections
The figure below shows the front panel of the Switch.
Figure 8 Front Panel
The following table describes the ports.
100/1000 Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-
GBIC Dual Personality
Table 1 Panel Connections
CONNECTO
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DESCRIPTION
44 100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet
Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
Four Dual
Personality
Interfaces
Each interface has one 1000 Base-T RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor
Pluggable (SFP) slot (also called a mini-GBIC slot), with one port or
transceiver active at a time.
4 100/
1000
Mbps RJ-
45 Ports
Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches using 1000Base-T compatible Category 5/5e/6 copper cables.
4 Mini-
GBIC
Slots
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to
backbone Ethernet switches.
