ES-3148 User’s Guide
Chapter 3 Hardware Overview 47
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 9 Front Panel
The following table describes the ports on the panels.
3.1.1 Ethernet Ports
The switch has 48 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating, auto-crossover Ethernet ports. In 10/
100Mbps Fast Ethernet, the speed can be 10Mbps or 100Mbps and the duplex mode can be
half duplex or full duplex.
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
Table 1 Front Panel
CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION
48 10/100
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
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.
Mini-GBIC
Ports
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
