Data Sheet

Product Brief
Introducing two new, preconfigured M4500 100GE switches: M4500-
32C and M4500-48XF8C. The trend of moving matrix switching into
the Ethernet network is accelerating and a new class of switches has
come to market. Combining the configurability of a matrix switch with
the power and scalability of Ethernet, they support hundreds of AV over
IP endpoints, at a price point dramatically lower than comparable matrix
switches. The Layer 3 feature set includes static and dynamic routing
with VRRP, OSPF, BGP, VRF-Lite and PIM. Removing the need for PIM
routing, these new switches oer IGMP Plus and greatly simplify system
architectures with the same well-known IGMP techniques across the
entire AV over IP network while still operating at Layer 2. Installers
opting to use M4500-48XF8C switch in their installation will find that
it is already preconfigured out of the box. It comes with 48 10G Fiber
ports with 8 100G uplink ports with true AV and multicast Zero Touch
network configuration. Connect AV over IP encoders and decoders, and
power on the switch. It just works! Then use the M4500-32C switch to
aggregate the edge switches for a complete set up in large projects up
to 320x320 SDVoE (10Gb) devices in a single architecture.
Key features
•Cost eective 100G aggregation and 10G access layer for AV
deployments and redundant spine & leaf topologies
•Zero Touch AV-over-IP with pre-configured L2 Multicast on all models
(10G AV encoders and decoders) and SDVoE-ready
•Advanced Layer 3 feature set including IP Multinetting/CIDR, Static,
PBR, VRRPv2, OSPFv3, PIM-SM, VxLAN, BGP4, VRF-Lite
•Optimized for “Spine and Leaf” redundant AV installations, with or
without MLAG between spine switches
•Up to 320 TX / 320 RX (10 Gigabit) Nodes all line rate with each other
in a redundant spine and leaf architecture
• 2 power supply units (APS750W) and 6 redudant fan trays (AFT402)
pre-installed for 1+1 power and 4+2 fan redundancy
•Ultra-low latency (spine 0.13µs @100G; leaf 0.119µs @10G) and
scalable table size (32K MAC, 8K ARP, 4K VLANs, 32K routes)
Soware
•Advanced classifier-based, time-based hardware implementation for
L2 (MAC), L3 (IP) and L4 (UDP/TCP) security and prioritization
•Selectable Port-Channel / LAG (802.3ad - 802.1AX) L2/L3/L4 hashing
for fault tolerance and load sharing with any Ethernet channeling
•Up to 64 Link Aggregation Groups (LAG, Port-Channel, LACP) with 32
ports per LAG and Multi-chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG)
•Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 static and dynamic routing including IP
Multinetting/CIDR, PBR, VRRPv2, OSPFv3, PIM-SM6, BGP4, VRF-Lite
•Enhanced IPv4/IPv6 multicast forwarding with IGMPv3/MLDv2 and
IGMP Plus enhancement at the VLAN level
•IGMP Plus enhanced implementation for automatic multicast across a
L2 network (igmp-plus <vlan-id> easy macro-command)
•High performance IPv4/IPv6 multicast routing with PIM-SM and PIM-
SM6 associated with unicast static routes, or other L3 protocol
•Advanced IPv4/IPv6 security including malicious code detection, DHCP
Snooping, IP Source Guard, and Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
•Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC), DCBX Bridging, Enhanced
Transmission Selection (ETS) and VXLAN Gateway for server
installations
Availability
•Two (2) redundant, modular power supplies are pre-installed
contributing
to business continuity management
•Six (6) hot-swappable fan trays are pre-installed for 4+2 fan
redundancy
•Spine and leaf architecture with every leaf switch (10G/25G access)
connecting to every spine switch (distributed 100G core)
•Up to 48 paths ECMP routing for load balancing and redundancy
•Link Dependency feature enables or disables ports based on the link
state of dierent ports
Management
•Industry standard SNMP, RMON, MIB, LLDP, AAA, sFlow and RSPAN
remote mirroring implementation
• Service port for out-of-band 1 Gigabit Ethernet management (OOB)
•Standard RS232 straight-through RJ45 for local management console
(USB 2.0 to RS232 converter with PL203 chipset is advised)
•Non-Disruptive Configuration for applying a new configuration file
without disrupting the operation of unchanged features
•Industry standard command line interface (CLI) only
NETGEAR Warranty
•M4500 series is backed by a NETGEAR ProSAFE® Limited Lifetime
Hardware Warranty*
•Lifetime Next Business Day Hardware Replacement
•ProSUPPORT 24x7 Advanced Technical Support via phone for 90 days
(Remote diagnostics performed by our technical experts for prompt
resolution of technical issues. ProSUPPORT coverage can be extended
by purchasing one, three, or five year contracts)
•ProSUPPORT Lifetime 24x7 Advanced Technical Support via chat.
100GE-Enabled Managed Switches Data Sheet
M4500 series
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