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1.2. Ports and Connectors
This section is an overview of the SG4300 Series product's external design.
Figure 1.2. Front View of the Clavister SG4300 Series.
The SG4300 Series features a number of connection ports. On the far right is the RS-232 console
port and an LED display screen. To the left of these are a set of 10 Ethernet ports.
Each Ethernet port has equal operational capacity and corresponds to a logical interface in the
CorePlus software configuration. Going from left to right the Ethernet ports are:
• 4 x Small Form Pluggable (SFP) Ethernet ports with logical interface names sfp1 to sfp4.
These are for Gigabit Ethernet links only.
On the right of the SFP ports are a line of 4 LEDs which show SFP port status. These are
illuminated green when a link is established.
• 6 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet ports with logical interface names ge1 to ge6. These connections
are capable of link speed auto-negotiation and can therefore operate with 10Base-T,
100Base-Tx, or 1000Base-T.
Status lights are located at the top-right and top-left of the port. The top-left light flashes green
to indicate data traffic. The top-right light is: not lit if the link is 10 Mb, green if 100 Mb, yellow
if 1 Gb.
USB Ports
Next to the RS-232 port are 2 USB ports. These ports are not used with the current version of
CorePlus. The ports are intended for use with features planned for future CorePlus versions and are
provided so that no hardware upgrade will be required in order to make use of those features after a
software upgrade.
1.2. Ports and Connectors
Chapter 1. Product Overview
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