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Features
Enterasys G-Series Hardware Installation Guide 1-3
• StandaloneorRackMountableChassis
TheG‐SeriesEthernetswitchcanbeinstalledasafreestandingunitonashelfortable.
Optionally,itcanbemountedintoastandard48.26‐centimeter(19‐inch)equipmentrack.
• OptionalPoE
–PoEisinstalledontheG3G124‐24Pbasesystem.
–G3G‐POE,a24‐portPoE
moduleisavailableforanyinstalledG3G‐24TXIOMorthe
G3G124‐24basesystem.
Referto“PoE(PoweroverEthernet)Support”onpage 1‐3formoreinformation.
•PowerSupplies
TheG‐Seriesswitchrequires100~240VACinputandhastwopowersupplyslotslocatedin
therearofthe
baseunit.Forpowersupplyspecifications,referto“PowerSupplyPlanning”
onpage 2‐6.Powersuppliesmustbeorderedseparatelysincetheyarenotprovidedwiththe
baseswitch.
ThefollowingpowersuppliesareavailabletobepurchasedfromEnterasys.
–G3‐PWR,a400‐wattACpowersupplycapableof
providingpowertoafully‐loadednon‐
PoEswitchandsomePoEpower
–G3‐PWR‐POE,a1200‐wattACpowersupplyrecommendedforfullPoEcap ability
Thepowersuppliesareremovable.Theycanbemixedandcanbeusedredundantlywithfull
loadsharing,ornon‐redundantly.Theswitchis
capableofsupporting48portsat15.4watts
fullyredundant,and96portsat15.4wattsinnon‐redundantmode.Formoreinformation,
referto“PowerSupplyPlanning”onpage 2‐6.
•PowerLEDs
ThetwopowerLEDsindicatevoltagefortheprimaryandsecondarypowerinputs.
•Fans
TheG‐Seriesswitchhas
ninefansintwodifferentsizeslocatedinthreezonestoserve
differentcoolingfunctions.Itsupportsfanredundancy,whichmeansthatthesystemwill
remainoperationalifonefanfails.
Referto“FanManagement”onpage 1‐4formoreinformation.
•SystemLED
TheSYSTEMLEDindicatesoperationalstatusof
thesystem,asdescribedinTable 3‐1on
page 3‐2.
•IOMpowerstatusLEDs
IOMstatusLEDsindicatetheoperationalstatusofoptionalmodule(s),includingwhenthey
arepowereddownandcanbesafelyremoved,asdescribedin“RemovinganIOM”on
page 2‐11.
PoE (Power over Ethernet) Support
TheG3G124‐24Pswitch(andtheG3G124‐24switchandG3G‐24TXIOMequippedwithauser‐
installedoptionalPoEcard)are802.3afcompliant.ThismeanstheycanprovidePowerover
EthernetcableconnectionsfromtheirRJ45frontpanelconnectorstopowereddevices(PDs)inthe
network.PoweroverEthernet(PoE)
referstotheabilitytoprovide48Vdcpowertoapowered
deviceusingthesameEthernetcablingthatprovidesdata.ModernEthernetimplementations
employdifferentialsignalsovertwistedpaircables.Thisrequiresaminimumoftwotwistedpairs
forasinglephysicallink.Bothendsofthecableare
isolatedwithtransformersblockinganyDCor