Product Datasheet

Product Brief
The Next-Gen Edge M5300 series switches are NETGEAR top of the line Gigabit stackable fully managed switches for modern access layer in
campus and enterprise networks with 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone requirements. The M5300 series delivers pure line-rate performance for
virtualization or convergence, without having to pay the exorbitant acquisition and maintenance costs associated by other networking vendors.
NETGEAR Next-Gen Edge solutions combine latest advances in hardware and soware engineering for higher availability, stronger security, better
scalability,andevenmoreenergyeciency(1.5Wperportline-ratetracfor48+4portversions).LikeallNETGEARproducts,theM5300series
delivers more functionality with less diculty: operating soware and system management features take the complexity out of delivering network
servicesforvirtualizedservers,IPtelephony,wirelessdeployments,andvideosurveillanceinfrastructures.
NETGEAR Next-Gen Edge M5300 series key features:
 •24and48Gigabitmodels,24and48GigabitPoE+modelsuptofull-powercapacity,andone24GigabitSFPbermodel
•Layer2+modelswithLayer3licenseupgradesavailable,orbuilt-inLayer3modelsfortheexacttperapplicationandbestinvestmentprotection
•IPv4routinginLayer2+package(staticrouting)andIPv4/IPv6routinginLayer3package(dynamicrouting)
•Enterprise-classL2/L3tableswith32KMAC,6KARP/NDP,4KVLANs,12Kroutetablesize
•4or24uplinkber(SFP)portsforFastEthernetorGigabitoptics
•2built-inuplink10Gigabitcomboportswitheither10Gbase-TcopperRJ45,orSFP+ber
•2additionaluplinkorstacking10GigabitI/Obaysforalargevarietyofmodulesandvarious10Gigabitinstallations
•Uplinkcapacityperswitchis4-port10Gigabittotal,mixing10GBase-T(RJ45),10GBase-X(SFP+),10GBase-CX4(802.3ak)and48Gbps
stacking ports
NETGEAR Next-Gen Edge M5300 series power and PoE+ features:
 •380WPoE+budgetbuilt-inperswitchandfullPoE+powerbudgetcapacitywithexternalEPS
•Example:96-portPoE+ina3rackunit(RU)formfactorand30Wpoweronallports(2,880Wbudget)usingtwounitsM5300-52G-POE+and
oneRPS4000
•Redundantpowersupplyfunctionalitywithonehot-swapmodularpowersupply
– OptionalsingleswithRPSoption(RPS5412,one-to-oneprotection)
– Optionalfour-switchRPSoption(RPS4000,providingpowerbackupuptofourswitchesconcurrentlyasforone-to-onemode)
– Optionalfour-switchEPSoption(RPS4000inExternalPowerSupplymodeforPoE+applicationofupto2,880WPoE+budget)
NETGEAR Next-Gen Edge M5300 series soware features:
 •Automaticmulti-vendorVoiceoverIPprioritizationbasedonSIP,H323andSCCPprotocoldetection
•VoiceVLANandLLDP-MEDforautomaticIPphonesQoSandVLANconguration
•Multi-hopRPmulticastPIMroutingadvancedimplementationforresilientvideodeployments
•Advancedclassier-basedhardwareimplementationforL2(MAC),L3(IP)andL4(UDP/TCPtransportports)securityandprioritization
•Innovativemulti-vendorAuto-iSCSIcapabilitiesforeasiervirtualizationoptimization
NETGEAR Next-Gen Edge M5300 series stacking features:
 •TrueVirtualChassisStackingtechnologywithupto384Gbpsinterconnectfornetworkoperationssimplication
•Meshedstackingformulti-resiliencyandadvancedloadbalancingcapabilities
•Upto384portsGigabitand16availableuplink10GigabitportsperVirtualChassisof8switches
•Investmentprotection:backwardstackingcapabilitywithpreviousGSM72xxPSv1h1andGSM73xxSv2h1models
ProSAFE® Next-Gen Edge Managed Switches Data Sheet
M5300 series
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