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Chapter 2 Ethernet Switching Modules
10/100 and 10/100/1000 Ethernet Modules
WS-X6196-RJ-21 and WS-X6196-21AF Ethernet Modules
The WS-X6196-RJ-21 and the WS-X6196-21AF Ethernet modules, listed in
Table 2-21
, provide 96
10/100-Mbps full- or half-duplex ports.
Figure 2-10
shows the module front panel.
Figure 2-10
WS-X6196-RJ-21 Switching Module Front Panel
Table 2-22
lists the module features, and
Table 2-23
lists the module physical and environmental
specifications.
Note
With the PoE daughter card installed, the WS-X6196-RJ-21 module can support 96 Class 2 (7 W)
devices or 62 Class 3 (15.4 W) devices per module.
Table 2-21
WS-X6196-RJ-21 Modules
Module
Description
WS-X6196-RJ-21
Base module without daughter cards installed.
WS-X6196-21AF
Base module equipped with a factory-installed
IEEE 802.3af PoE daughter card (WS-F6K-GE48-AF).
WS-X6196-RJ-21
8X12 PORT
10/100 BASE T
ETHERNET SWITCHING MODULE
STATUS
1
49
2
50
3
51
4
52
5
53
6
54
7
55
8
56
9
57
10
58
11
59
12
60
13
61
14
62
15
63
16
64
17
65
18
66
19
67
20
68
21
69
22
70
23
71
24
72
25
73
26
74
27
75
28
76
29
77
30
78
31
79
32
80
33
81
34
82
35
83
36
84
37
85
38
86
39
87
40
88
41
89
42
90
43
91
44
92
45
93
46
94
47
95
48
INLINE POWER
96
1
60
12
49
13
72
24
61
25
84
36
73
37
96
48
85
184595
Table 2-22
WS-X6196-RJ-21 and WS-X6196-21AF Ethernet Modules Features
Feature
Description
Ports per module
•
96 ports (both modules). Ports are numbered (left to right)
–
Top row of connectors—First connector, ports 1–12; second
connector, ports 13–24; third connector, ports 25–36; fourth
connector, ports 37–48.
–
Bottom row of connectors—First connector, ports 60–49;
second connector, ports 72–61; third connector, ports 73–84;
fourth connector, ports 85–96.
Note
The bottom row of four RJ-21 connectors are inverted. The
highest port number for a bottom row connector appears on the
left side of the connector and the connector’s lowest port
number appears on the right side.
Port connector type
RJ-21 (both modules)
Cabling distance
328 ft (100 m) over Category 5, 5e, and 6 UTP/STP cable (both
modules)
Buffer size
1.116 MB per port (both modules)