ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Dimension ES-2108 - Manual (Page 44)

ES-2108 Series User’s Guide
44 Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
Figure 12 Front Panel: ES-2108-LC
The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports
Mini-GBIC Port
Console Port
100 Base-FX Fiber-Optic Port
Table 2 Front Panel
PORT DESCRIPTION
All Models
CONSOLE Only connect this port if you want to configure the switch using the command line
interface (CLI) via the console port.
Eight 10/100
Mbps RJ-45
Ethernet Ports
Connect these ports to a computer, a hub, an Ethernet switch or router.
ES-2108-F
Fast Ethernet
SFP Slot
Use a 100-Base FX, 100-Base LX or 100-Base BX Small Form-Factor Pluggable
(SFP) transceiver in this slot for fiber-optic connections to backbone Ethernet
switches.
ES-2108-LC
Mini-GBIC Port Use a mini-GBIC transceiver in this slot for fiber-optic connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
100 Base-FX
Fiber-Optic
Port
This is a 100-Base FX fiber-optic module and is only available on the ES-2108-LC.
Use the fiber optic cable to connect this uplink port to a backbone Ethernet switch.
ES-2108-G / ES-2108PWR
Dual
Personality
Interface
This 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.
100/1000
Mbps RJ-45
Gigabit Port
Connect this Gigabit Ethernet port 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.
ES-2108PWR
Power over
Ethernet
The 8 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet ports are compliant with the IEEE 802.3af power
over Ethernet standard.