Hardware Overview 89
PowerConnect 8132 Front Panel
The PowerConnect 8132 front panel provides the following ports:
• 24 x 10GbE copper ports
• A USB port. See "USB Port (Power Connect 8100-series switches only)" on
page 94.
• A module bay that supports the following modules:
– 2 x 40 Gig QSFP (each QSFP may be configured as 4 x 10 Gig ports)
–4 x SFP+ module
– 4 x 10GBaseT module
See "Hot-Pluggable Interface Modules" on page 92 for more information.
Figure 3-3. PowerConnect 8132 Front Panel
PowerConnect 8132 switches can be stacked with other PowerConnect 81xx
switches using 10G or 40G SFP+ or QSFP modules in the module bay.
PowerConnect 8132F Front Panel
The PowerConnect 8132F front panel provides the following ports:
• 24 x 10GbE fiber ports
• A USB port. See "USB Port (Power Connect 8100-series switches only)" on
page 94.
• A module bay that supports the following modules:
– 2 x 40 Gig QSFP (each QSFP may be configured as 4 x 10 Gig ports)
10GbE Copper Ports Module bay
USB port