Dell™ PowerConnect™ 28xx Systems User Guide www.dell.com | support.dell.comNotes, Notices, and Cautions EE{_ NOTE: a NoTEincicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer © NoTIcE: anoTice indicates ether potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem, AA, CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. {Information inthis document i subject to change without notice. (© 2008 Dall ne. All eights reserve. Reproduction in ny manner whatever without the writen permission of Del Inc. is ste forbidden, Trademarks use i his text Del, Dell OpenManage, the DELL logo, Inspiron, Dell Precision, Dimension, OptiPles, PowerConnect, Powerdpp, PowerVult, Asim, DellNe, and Latnule ae tademarks of Dell Ine Microsoft and Windos ar eile rademarksor registred frademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States andor ober counties, (Other trademarks and rade names nay be use in this document to refer tether the entities claiming the masks and names o their product, Dell nc, disclaims any propitary interes ip rademarks and wade names oher than its ow. ivr 2008 Rev. 00Contents 1 Introduction 9 ‘System Description... . . . 9 PowerConnect 2808, . . 8 PowerConnect 2616. 9 PowerConnect 2624, 0 PowerConnect 2848, 10 ‘Summary of PowerConnect Models " Features " General Features " MAC Address Supported Features 8 Layer 2 Features B VLAN Supported Features 4 Spanning Tree Protocol Features. cB Class of Service (CoS) Features 16 Ethernet Switch Management Features 6 2 Hardware Description a Switch Port Configurations " PowerConnect 26x« Front and Back Panel Port Description ” Physical Dimensions. a LED Definitions. a Power LED 2 Managed Mode LED 2 Fan LED (2824/2848 ony) so B Port LEDs 2 Managed Mode Button B Switch Ventilation Fan 2B a Cables, Port Connections, and Pinout Information . 1O00BASE-T Cable Requirements co J-45 Connections for 10/100/1000BASE-T Ports a SFP Ports B Contents | 3