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Console Port, Gigabit Ethernet Ports
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Chapter 3 Hardware Panels Table 2 Front Panel Connections (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION 2 or 4 Dual Personality Interfaces Each interface has one 100/1000 Mbps 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. Note: The ports change to fiber mode directly when inserting the fiber module. • Two or 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. • Two or four MiniGBIC Slots: Use miniGBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone Ethernet switches. Console Port The console port is for local configuration of the Switch. 3.2.1 Console Port For local management, you can use a computer with terminal emulation software configured to the following parameters: • VT100 • Terminal emulation • 9600 bps • No parity, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit • No flow control Connect the male 9-pin end of the console cable to the console port of the Switch. Connect the female end to a serial port (COM1, COM2 or other COM port) of your computer. 3.2.2 Gigabit Ethernet Ports The Switch has 1000Base-T auto-negotiating, auto-crossover Ethernet ports. In 100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet, the speed can be 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps and the duplex mode can be half duplex or full duplex. An auto-negotiating port can detect and adjust to the optimum Ethernet speed (100/1000 Mbps) and duplex mode (full duplex or half duplex) of the connected device. An auto-crossover (auto-MDI/MDI-X) port automatically works with a straight-through or crossover Ethernet cable. Four 1000Base-T Ethernet ports are paired with a mini-GBIC slot to create a dual personality interface. The Switch uses up to one connection for each mini-GBIC and 1000Base-T Ethernet pair. The mini-GBIC slots have priority over the Gigabit ports. This means that if a mini-GBIC slot and the corresponding GbE port are connected at the same time, the GbE port will be disabled. Note: The dual personality ports change to fiber mode directly when inserting the fiber module. When auto-negotiation is turned on, an Ethernet port negotiates with the peer automatically to determine the connection speed and duplex mode. If the peer Ethernet port does not support autonegotiation or turns off this feature, the Switch determines the connection speed by detecting the GS2200-8/24 User's Guide 33