follow these steps to connect to an 10/100 or 10/100/1000 ethernet port:
step 1 connect a category 5 straight-through cable (not supplied) to an 10/100 or 10/100/1000 port on the front panel of a switch. see figure c-1.
step 2 connect the other end of the cable to the ethernet (rj-45) port of the workstation, pc, server, or router.
for information on connecting to the sfp ports, see the “connecting to an sfp module” section on page 3-46.