Switch User Manual
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Catalyst 2984G, 2948G-GE-TX, and 2980G Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Switch Components
Catalyst 2948G and 2980G Switch Ports
The Catalyst 2948G switch 10/100BASE-T ports are configured in two rows. The 
top row contains odd-numbered ports (1 through 47), and the bottom row contains 
even-numbered ports (2 through 48). 
The Catalyst 2980G switch 10/100BASE-T ports are configured in four rows. The 
top two rows are numbered 1 through 48, with the first row odd-numbered (1 
through 47) and the second row even-numbered (2 through 48). The bottom two 
rows are numbered 1 through 32, with the first row odd-numbered (1 through 31) 
and the second row even-numbered (2 through 32). 
Two GBIC ports are at the right of the front panel on the Catalyst 2948G and 
Catalyst 2980G switches:
• On the Catalyst 2948G switches, these ports are located at the far right of the 
front panel. The upper Gigabit Ethernet port is port 49; the lower is port 50. 
The Link Status LEDs for these ports are below port 50.
• On the Catalyst 2980G switches, the GBIC Ethernet ports are located 
immediately to the right of ports 31 and 32. The port on the left is port 33; the 
port on the right is port 34. The Link Status LEDs for the Gigabit Ethernet 
ports are located below each port.
Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX Switch Ports
The Catalyst 2948G-GE-TX 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet ports are 
configured in two rows. The top row contains odd-numbered ports (1 through 47), 
and the bottom row contains even-numbered ports (2 through 48). 
The SFP module slots are numbered left to right 49 through 52.
Switch Components
This section describes the following Catalyst 2948G and 2980G switch 
components:
• Management Ports, page 8
• Front Panel LEDs, page 8










