ZyXEL MGS-3712F User Guide - Page 34

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview RJ-45 port, one console and one management port for local management, and a slot for alarm management. Figure 9 Front Panel: MGS-3712F LEDs Console Port Management Port Mini-GBIC slots Signal slot Dual Personality Interfaces The following table describes the port labels on the front panel. Table 1 Front Panel Connections LABEL DESCRIPTION 8 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports (MGS3712) Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches. 8 Mini-GBIC Slots (MGS3712F) 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 Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local Port 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. 34 MGS-3712/MGS-3712F User's Guide