AS3424S Hardware Installation Guide
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The section describes the characteristics and parameters of ASCENT AS3424S and gives an
overview of ASCENT AS3424S.
The built-in ports of ASCENT AS3424S are: 24 10GE SFP+ ports, 2 40/100GE QSFP+ ports, 1
console port, 1 gigabit management port and 1 USB interface. See table 1-1.
Table 1-1 Attributes of the built-in port
Port
Attribute
10GE optical port
SFP+ interface, LINK/ACT indicator
40/100GE optical port
QSFP+ interface, LINK/ACT indicator
Console port
RJ45 interface, a rate of 9600bps
Ethernet management port
RJ45 interface
USB interface
USB interface
Besides, ASCENT AS3424S has two power sockets at its back.
Figure 1-1 Front template of the ASCENT AS3424S switch
Table 1-2 Parts at the front template of the ASCENT AS3424S switch
No. Abbrev.
Name
Description
1
Power LED
indicator
Power indicator, refer to indicator description for the detail
2
System LED
Indicator
System indicator, refer to indicator description for the detail
3
MODEL: 10GE
indicator
40/100Gbps indicator of
Ethernet port indicator
1. Work in the mode of 100GE, MODEL: 10G indicator is off;
2. The 40GE port breaks out into 4 10GE ports and combines
with QSFP+ port indicator. The QSFP+ port indicator shows
the status of the 4 10GE BREAKOUT indicators.
4
SFP+
10GE Ethernet optical
ports
24 10GE SFP+ ports
5
QSFP+
40/100Gbps Ethernet
optical ports
2 QSFP+ 40/100Gbps ports
6
QSFP+
40/100Gbps Ethernet
optical ports
2 QSFP+ 40/100Gbps ports
7
MNG and CLI
Gigabit Ethernet
management ports
CLI port
Gigabit Ethernet Base-T ports, 100/1000BASE-T ports
Manages the switch locally
8
USB
USB
USB interface
