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Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Hardware Installation Guide

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Chapter 1 Overview

Front-Panel Description

The switch front panels contain the ports, the LEDs, and the Mode button. The

Catalyst 2950-12 switch (see Figure 1-2) and Catalyst 2950-24 switch (see

Figure 1-3) have 10/100 ports. The Catalyst 2950C-24 switch has 10/100 ports

and 100BASE-FX ports. (See Figure 1-4.) The Catalyst 2950T-24 switch has

10/100 ports and 10/100/1000 ports. (See Figure 1-5.)

Table 1-1 Catalyst 2950 Switch Features

Feature Description

Hardware • 12 10/100 Ethernet ports

• 24 10/100 Ethernet ports

• 24 10/100 Ethernet ports and 2 100BASE-FX ports

• 24 10/100 Ethernet ports and 2 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports

Configuration • Autonegotiates the speed and duplex settings on 10/100 ports and

on 10/100/1000 ports

• Autonegotiates the duplex setting on 100BASE-FX ports

• Supports 8192 MAC addresses

• Checks for errors on a received packet, determines the destination

port, stores the packet in shared memory, and then forwards the

packet to the destination port

Power redundancy • Connection for an optional Cisco RPS 300 Redundant Power

System (RPS) that uses AC input and supplies DC output to the

switch