Populated vs Unpopulated Port

cmadiam82 · ‎07-18-2007

hello,

i heard this unpopulated and populated port. what is the difference of the two? can someone here explain it for me. tnx a lot....

Martin Parry · ‎07-18-2007

I would assume that populated would indicate that the port has a cable in it, and unpopulated would indicate that the port was empty.

massimiliano.serafino · ‎08-01-2007

Hi,

I think that port populated may be a port with a GBIC or SFP module inserted; a port unpopulated may be a port to be populated with a module.

royalblues · ‎08-01-2007

As Martin said above, a populated port means a cable plugged on the port and is active.

unpopulated could be either cable not connected on that port or the port is not active

massimiliano.serafino · ‎08-02-2007

Ok,

It may be also: "the term populated refers to bay or slot to be populated with network module or card".

Best regards.