Switch Uplink Port Question/Power Outage Issue

Question

I have a question regarding this. After we had a power outage, How can I tell which ports are the uplink ports? Are they typically on the right side? I did not set this up, so trying to test and see if the port not working can be reset or if it is fried. How can I test these issues? How do I know what port is the uplink ports? These switches are on the DMZ used for camera's across 5 buildings all within a few hundred yards of each other. The camera's work now, but I had to plug the Cat 5 cables going between buildings into regular ports of the switch instead if the FDX G3/G4 ports or w/e. I am new to this so I may not be relaying stuff correctly, but any help is appreciated.

DELL-Josh Cr · Answer

Hi, Which model switch are you using?

Lbk81 · Answer

Hi Josh, We are using a Dell PowerConnect 3524P in all buildings for our cameras.

Lbk81 · Answer

Any additional help with this would be great, thank you!

DELL-Josh Cr · Answer

Yes, the ports are the right are the gigabit ports for the uplink. The other ports are 10/100.

Lbk81 · Answer

Right, so is there a way for me to check those ports and see if they are still active or if they are fried?

DELL-Josh Cr · Answer

Do they show that they are up on their status? You could try connecting something else to them and seeing if you can get a connection.

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