ZyXEL Communications Plumbing Product metrogigabit switch User Manual

MGS3700-12C User’s Guide

This chapter describes the front panel and rear panel of the Switch and shows you 
how to make the hardware connections. 

The following figure shows the front panel of the Switch. The front panel contains 
the Switch LEDs, 12 dual personality interfaces each consisting of a mini-GBIC 
(Gigabit Interface Converter) slot and an RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) port, one 
console and one management port for local management, and a slot for alarm 
management.

Figure 8   Front Panel 

The following table describes the port labels on the front panel. 

Dual Personality Interfaces

Console Port

LEDs

Signal slot

Management Port

Table 1   Front Panel Connections

12 Dual 
Personality 
Interfaces 

Each interface has one 1000BASE-T RJ-45 port and one Small Form-Factor 
Pluggable (SFP) slot (also called a mini-GBIC slot), with one port or 
transceiver active at a time. 
• 12 100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ethernet Ports:

Connect these ports to high-bandwidth backbone network Ethernet 

switches using 1000BASE-T compatible Category 5/5e/6 copper cables.

• 12 Mini-GBIC Slots:

Use mini-GBIC transceivers in these slots for connections to backbone 

Ethernet switches.

Console Port

The console port is for local configuration of the Switch.