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Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Front-Panel Description
Front-Panel Description
The switch front panel contains the ports, the LEDs, and the Mode button.
show the switches.
Figure 1-1
Catalyst 2950-12 Switch
Configuration
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Autonegotiates the speed and duplex settings on 10/100 ports and
on 10/100/1000 ports
•
Supports only 100-Mbps and full-duplex settings on
100BASE-FX ports
•
Supports 8192 MAC addresses
•
Checks for errors on a received packet, determines the destination
port, stores the packet in shared memory, and then forwards the
packet to the destination port
Power redundancy
•
Connection for an optional Cisco RPS 300 Redundant Power
System (RPS) that uses AC
3
input and supplies DC output to the
switch
1.
GBIC = Gigabit Interface Converter
2.
DC = direct current
3.
AC = alternating current
Table 1-1
Catalyst 2950 Switch Features (continued)
Feature Description
10/100 ports
45568
SYST
RPS
DUPLX
MODE
SPEED
UTIL
STAT
10Base-T / 100Base-TX
Catalyst 2950
SERIES
1x
2x
3x
4x
5x
6x
7x
8x
9x
10x
11x
12x