
Brocade FastIron GS and FastIron GS-STK Hardware Installation Guide
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Hardware features
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DRAFT: BROCADE CONFIDENTIAL
For more information about POE and how to configure it on FGS and FGS-STK devices, refer to the
FastIron Configuration Guide
.
Hardware features
This section describes the physical characteristics of the Brocade FGS and FGS-STK models. For
details about physical dimensions, power supply specifications, and pinouts, refer to
FGS624P and FGS624P-POE devices
FGS624P devices are POE-upgradeable. You can upgrade your device by installing a POE daughter
card.
FGS624P-POE devices ship with the POE daughter card installed.
shows the FGS624P and FGS624P-POE devices.
FIGURE 1
FGS624P and RGS624P-POE Devices
FGS624P and FGS624P-POE models contain the following ports:
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24 10/100/1000 Mbps copper ports that support 100Base-TX and 1000Base-T RJ-45
connectors.
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Four 100/1000 Gbps fiber ports for mini-GBIC optical transceivers (also called Small Form
Factor Pluggable (SFP) MultiSource Agreement (MSA)-compliant optical transceivers).
NOTE
Copper ports 1 – 4 and fiber ports 1F – 4F are combination ports, meaning either the copper
port or its corresponding fiber port can be active, but they cannot both be active at the same
time. You can use a combination of fiber and copper ports, or all four copper, or all four fiber
ports, as needed. For more information, refer to
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Two 10 Gbps ports (optional). Refer to
Slot 3