Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front (port-side) panel of the NE2572 RackSwitch.
Figure 2. Front panel of the NE2572 RackSwitch
The front panel of the NE2572 RackSwitch includes the following components:
48x SFP28/SFP+ ports to attach SFP28/SFP+ transceivers, DAC cables, and AOCs for 25 Gb or 10
Gb Ethernet connections.
6x QSFP28/QSFP+ ports to attach QSFP28/QSFP+ transceivers, DAC cables, and AOCs for 100
Gb or 40 Gb Ethernet connections or breakout cables for 4x 25 Gb Ethernet connections out of a
100 GbE port or 4x 10 GbE connections out of a 40 GbE port.
One RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port for out-of-band management.
One RJ-45 RS-232 console port that provides another means to configure the switch.
One Micro-USB Type A port for mass storage devices.
LEDs that display the status of the switch and the network.
Reset button.
Switch information pull-out tab.
The following figure shows the rear (non-port-side) panel of the NE2572 RackSwitch.
Figure 3. Rear panel of the NE2572 RackSwitch
The rear panel of the NE2572 RackSwitch includes the following components:
Two redundant hot-swap 770 W AC power supplies (each with the IEC 320-C14 power connector).
Six N+1 redundant hot-swap fan assemblies.
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2572 RackSwitch
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