Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
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RJ-45 port, one console and one management port for local management, and a
slot for alarm management.
Figure 9 Front Panel: MGS-3712F
The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.
Mini-GBIC slots
Dual Personality Interfaces
Console Port
LEDs
Signal slot
Management Port
Table 1 Front Panel Connections
LABEL DESCRIPTION
8 100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Ports (MGS-
3712)
Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
8 Mini-GBIC
Slots (MGS-
3712F)
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
Four Dual
Personality
Interfaces
Each interface has one 1000BASE-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.
• Four 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.
•Four Mini-GBIC Slots:
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
Console Port The console port is for local configuration of the Switch.
Management
Port
Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local
configuration of the Switch.
Signal Slot Connect the signal input pins to signal output terminals on other pieces of
equipment.
Connect the signal output pins to a signal input terminal on another piece
of equipment.
See Chapter 42 on page 357 for details on the pin assignments required.
