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Introducing the Switch
Front of the Switch
Network Ports
The network ports support “Auto-MDIX” feature, which means that you can
use either straight-through or crossover twisted-pair cables to connect any
network devices to the switch.
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5 or 8 auto-sensing 10/100Base-TX ports.
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5 or 8 auto-sensing 10/100/1000Base-T ports (for 1405-5G and 1405-8G
only).
LEDs
The front panels of the switches provide status LEDs for system monitoring.
details the functions of the LED indicators.
Table 1-1.
Switch Status LEDs
Switch LEDs
State
Meaning
HP Power LED
(white)
On
The switch is properly receiving power.
Off
No power connection. The switch is NOT receiving power.
Port LEDs
Link/Act
(blue)
On
The port is enabled and receiving a link indication from the connected device.
Off
One of these condition exists:
• no active network cable is connected to the port
• the port is not receiving link beat or sufficient light
Flashing
1
Indicates that there is network activity on the port.
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The flashing behavior is an on/off cycle once every 0.083 seconds approximately.