NETGEAR XS728T

Hardware Overview
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ProSAFE 28-Port and 48-Port 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch Models XS728T and XS748T
Hardware Overview Model XS728T
The following sections describe the physical characteristics of model XS728T.
Front Panel Model XS728T
The switch provides twenty-four 1G/10G copper RJ-45 ports and four dedicated SFP+ slots
that can accept copper and fiber optical modules or Direct Attach Cables (DAC). Each
copper RJ-45 port is capable of sensing the line speed and negotiating the duplex mode with
the link partner automatically.
The following figure shows the front panel of the model XS728T.
Figure 1. Front panel model XS728T
From left to right, the front panel of model XS728T contains the following components:
• Power and Fan LEDs.
• Recessed Reset button to restart the device.
• Recessed Factory Defaults button to restore the device back to the factory defaults.
• Twenty-four RJ-45 connectors for 1G/10G AutoSensing 10-Gigabit Ethernet switching
ports.
• Four dedicated SFP+ slots that can accept copper and fiber optical modules or Direct
Attach Cables (DAC).
• Speed and activity (ACT) LEDs for each port.
• One USB 2.0 port for firmware upload or configuration settings file upload and download
(backup) using a USB storage device (supports FAT32 file systems only).
Power and
Reset button
Factory
Defaults button
Fan LEDs
1G/10G RJ-45 ports
SFP+ slots
USB port
SFP LEDs