ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Dimension ES-2024 - Manual (Page 31)

Dimension ES-2024 Ethernet Switch
Hardware Connections 3-1
Chapter 3
Hardware Connections
This chapter acquaints you with the front and rear panels, shows you how to make the connections,
install/remove (optional) modules and explains the LEDs.
3.1 Safety Warnings
Do not use this product near water, for example, in a wet basement.
Only a qualified technician should service or disassemble this device.
To avoid possible eye injury, do not look into an operating fiber-optic module’s connectors.
3.2 Front Panel
The following figure shows the front panel of the ES-2024. The front panel contains switch LEDs, 24 RJ-45
Ethernet ports, two RJ-45 gigabit Ethernet ports, two mini GBIC slots and a console port for local switch
management.
Figure 3-1 ES-2024 Front Panel
Table 3-1 ES-2024: Front Panel Ports
CONNECTOR DESCRIPTION
1-24 Connect these 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet ports to computers, hubs, Ethernet
switches or routers.
25 and 26
RJ-45 Connect these 1Gbps Electrical Ethernet ports to high-bandwidth backbone network
Ethernet switches or use them to daisy-chain other switches.
25 and 26
mini GBIC slots Use mini GBIC transceivers in these slots for fiber-optical connections to backbone
Ethernet switches.
CONSOLE The console port is for local configuration of the ES-2024 switch.
3.2.1 10/100Mbps Ethernet Ports
The ES-2024 has 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 (100 Mbps only).
When auto-negotiation is turned on, an Ethernet port on the ES-2024 switch negotiates with the peer automatically
to determine the connection speed and duplex mode. If the peer Ethernet port does not support auto-negotiation or