Installation guide

Features and Benefits
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Features and Benefits
Connectivity
• 24 10/100BASE-T ports plus 4 Gigabit combination ports (RJ-45/SFP).
• Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum
speed (10 or 100 Mbps), and the communication mode (half or full duplex) if this
feature is supported by the attached device; otherwise the port can be configured
manually.
• Independent RJ-45 10/100BASE-T ports with auto MDI/MDI-X pinout selection.
• Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3, 4 or 5 for
10 Mbps connections, Category 5 for 100 Mbps connections, and Category 5 or
better for 1000 Mbps connections.
• IEEE 802.3-2005 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet compliance ensures
compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any
vendor.
Expandability
• 4 Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver slots (shared with 1000BASE-T
ports)
• Supports 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX, 1000BASE-LH and other
SFP-compatible transceivers.
Performance
• Transparent bridging
• Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries
• Provides store-and-forward switching
• Supports wire-speed filtering and forwarding
• Supports flow control, using back pressure for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full
duplex
• Broadcast storm control
Management
• “At-a-glance” LEDs for easy troubleshooting
• Network management agent:
• Manages switch in-band or out-of-band
• Supports Telnet, SNMP/RMON and Web-based interface