Installation guide

Features
Enterasys G-Series Hardware Installation Guide 1-3
• StandaloneorRackMountableChassis
TheG‐SeriesEthernetswitchcanbeinstalledasafreestandingunitonashelfortable.
Optionally,itcanbe mountedintoastandard48.26‐centimeter(19‐inch)equipmentrack.
• OptionalPoE
–PoEisfactoryinstalledontheG3G124‐24Pbasesystem.
–G3G‐POE,amodulethat
enablesPoEfor24portsisavailableforanyinstalledG3G‐24TX
IOMortheG3G124‐24basesystem.
Referto“PoE(PoweroverEthernet)Support”onpage 1‐4formoreinformation.
•PowerSupplies
TheG‐Seriesswitchrequires100~240VACinputandhastwopowersupplyslotslocatedin
the
rearofthebaseunit.Powersuppliesmustbeorderedseparatelysincetheyarenot
providedwiththebaseswitch.
ThefollowingpowersuppliesareavailableforpurchasefromEnterasys:
–G3‐PWR,a400‐wattACpowersupplycapableofprovidingpowertoafully‐loadednon‐
PoEswi tch andsome
PoEpower(requires15Ampcircuit)
–G3‐PWR‐POE, a1200‐wattACpowersupplyrecommendedforfullPoEcapability
(requires20Ampcircuit)
Thepowersuppliesareremovable.Theycanbemixedandcanbeusedredundantlywithfull
loadsharing,ornon‐redundantly.Theswitchiscapableofsupporting
48PoEportsat15.4
wattsfullyredundant,and96PoEportsat15.4wattsinnon‐redundantmode.
Formoreinformationaboutpowersupplies,referto“PowerSupplyInstallation
Considerations”onpage 2‐5.
•PowerLEDs
ThetwopowerLEDsindicatevoltagefortheprimaryandsecondarypowerinputs.
•Fans
TheG‐
Seriesswitchhasninefansintwodifferentsizeslocatedinthreezonestoserve
differentcoolingfunctions.Itsupportsfanredundancy,whichmeansthatthesystemwill
remainoperationalifonefanfails.
Referto“FanManagement”onpage 1‐4formoreinformation.
•SystemLED
TheSYSTEMLEDindicatesoperational
statusofthesystem,asdescribedinTable 3‐1on
page 3‐2.
•IOMpowerstatusLEDs
IOMstatusLEDsindicatetheoperationalstatusofoptionalmodule(s),includingwhenthey
arepowereddownandcanbesafelyremoved,asdescribedin“RemovinganIOM”on
page 2‐13.