ES-3124 Series User’s Guide
48 Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
Figure 11 Front Panel: ES-3124PWR
Figure 12 Front Panel: ES-3124F
The following table describes the ports on the panels.
10/100 Mbps PoE Ethernet Ports
LEDs
RJ-45 Gigabit Ports for Stacking
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
Console Port
Management Port
100 Mbps SFP Slots
LEDs
Console Port
Management Port
RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
Mini-GBIC Ports for Stacking
Table 2 Panel Connections
CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION
All Models
Console Port Only connect this port if you want to configure the switch using the command line
interface (CLI) via the console port.
Management
Port
Connect to a computer using an RJ-45 Ethernet cable for local configuration of the
switch.
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.
2 Mini-
GBIC Ports
Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
ES-3124, ES-3124-4F and ES-3124PWR
24 10/100
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.