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RJ-45 Ports

The Model GS524T switch has 24 auto-sensing 10/100/1000 Mbps UTP ports.

Each port can operate at 1000 Mbps full-duplex mode,100 Mbps full/half duplex

mode,or 10Mbps full/half duplex mode,and provide a standard UTP for Category 5

or Category 5e cable.Figure 2-2 shows a RJ-45 connector. For further information

about Category 5 cables and connectors,refer to Appendix B,“Connector Pin

Assignments,”and Appendix C,“Cabling Guidelines.” The 1000BASE-T requires

very careful cable installation.

Key:

1 = 1000M Link LED

2 = 100M Link LED

Figure 2-2. RJ-45 Connector with Built-in LEDs

Auto Uplink

To simplify the procedure for attaching devices, all RJ-45 ports on the GS524T

Switch support Auto Uplink.This technology allows you to attach devices to the RJ-

45 ports using either straight-through or crossover cables.When you insert a cable

into the switch's RJ-45 port, the switch automatically:

• Senses whether the cable is a straight-through or crossover cable, and

• Determines whether the link to the attached device requires a "normal" connection

(such as when connecting the port to a PC) or an "uplink" connection (such as

when connecting the port to a router, switch,or hub).

After detecting this information, the switch automatically configures the RJ-45 port

to enable communications with the attached device,without requiring user interven-

tion. In this way,the Auto Uplink technology compensates for setting uplink connec-

tions, while eliminating concern about whether to use crossover or straight-through-

cables when attaching devices.

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