User's Manual

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Cisco Catalyst 4900M S witch Inst allati on Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 4900M Switch Chassis
Catalyst 4900M Swi tch Chassis Rear Pan el Connectio ns and Features
Figure 1-2 shows the chassis rear panel with the major f eatures identified.
Figure 1-2 View of the Rear Panel
The chassis rear panel features include:
• Reset button—The Rese t button is used to res tart the swit ch. Use a paper clip or other smal l, pointed
object to press the Reset button.
• Console port—A console seria l port (RJ-45) provide s for switch management usin g standard
console equipment. (See Fig ure 1-2 .) A connector pinout table is provided in Appendix A,
“Specifi cat ions ,” for the consol e and management po rts.
• Management port—The Mana gement port on the rear pane l offers the same TCP/IP base d
management services available via inband access (telnet SNMP etc.). IP address configuration via
BOOTP is supported on the Management port; it also supports image download to the switch.
• USB connector—A USB connect or is provided for future expansion.
• Compact Flash slot—The Compa ct Flash slot accepts bo th 64-MB and 128-MB Type 1 compact
Flash cards. You can use it for file transfer tasks such as loading a new software image. The Flash
card is optional and can be obtained f rom third-party suppl iers.
For more information, refer to Using the Compact Flash on the Catalyst 4500 Series Superviso r
Engines at the following URL:
http://www. cisco. com/e n/US/ docs/s witche s/la n/cata lyst450 0/ha rdwar e/conf igurati on/n otes/OL _27
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1 Input OK LED (power
supply)
5 Console port
2 Output OK LED (power
supply)
6 Management port
3 Fan Status LED 7 USB con nector
4 Reset button 8 Compact Flash slot
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