ZyXEL Communications ES-2108 Series - Manual (Page 42)

Chapter 3 Hardware Overview
ES-2108 Series User’s Guide
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Figure 12 Front Panel: ES-2108-G/ES-2108PWR
Figure 13 Front Panel: ES-2108-LC
The following table describes the port labels on the front panel.
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports RJ-45 Gigabit / Mini-GBIC
Dual Personality Interfaces
Console Port
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Ports
Mini-GBIC Slot 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 Slot Use a mini-GBIC transceiver in this slot for a connection to a backbone Ethernet
switch.
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 1000BASE-T copper RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor
Pluggable (SFP) slot, with one of them active at a time.