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MGS3700-12C User’s Guide
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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 Front Panel
The following figure shows the front panel of the Switch. The front panel contains
the Switch LEDs, 12 dual personality interfaces each consisting of a mini-GBIC
(Gigabit Interface Converter) slot and an RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) port, one
console and one management port for local management, and a slot for alarm
management.
Figure 8 Front Panel
The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.
Dual Personality Interfaces
Console Port
LEDs
Signal slot
Management Port
Table 1 Front Panel Connections
LABEL DESCRIPTION
12 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.
• 12 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet Ports:
Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet
switches using 1000BASE-T compatible Category 5/5e/6 copper cables.
• 12 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.