Brocade FastIron WS Hardware Installation Guide User Manual
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Brocade FastIron WS Hardware Installation Guide
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Hardware features
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10/100/1000
RJ-45 or 100/1000 SFP (1-GE) combo ports (Ports 1~4)
FWS624G and FWS648G devices provide the following interfaces:
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10/100/1000 Mbps ports with RJ-45 copper connectors (Ports 5~24 or Ports 5~48)
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10/100/1000
RJ-45 or 100/1000 SFP (1-GE) combo ports (Ports 1~4)
FastIron WS 10/100/1000 BASE-T ports
These devices contain 24/48 RJ-45 ports that operate at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps, half or full duplex,
or at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Because all ports support automatic MDI or MDI-X operation, you can
use straight-through cables for all network connections to PCs or servers, or to other switches or
hubs. (See
on page 49.) Brocade recommends using MDIX cable for
switch-to-switch connections.
Because each port supports auto-negotiation, the optimum transmission mode (half or full duplex),
and data rate (10, 100, or 1000 Mbps) can be selected automatically. If a device connected to one
of these ports does not support auto-negotiation, the communication mode of that port can be
configured manually.
Combination Ports
FWS devices contain four Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) combination ports (ports 1~4), that
are shared with four of the RJ45 ports In the default configuration. If an SFP transceiver is installed
in a slot and has a valid link on its port, the associated RJ45 port is disabled and cannot be used.