ZyXEL ES-4124 User Guide - Page 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 8 Front Panel RJ-45 Gigabit Ports for stacking Console Port LEDs 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports Management Port RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC Dual Personality Interfaces The following table describes the ports on the panels. Table 1 Panel Connections CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION 24 10/100 Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router. Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet Ports Two 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. • 2 Mini-GBIC Ports: Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone Ethernet switches. ES-4124 User's Guide 45