SGS-6340 Series User Manual

User’s Manual of SGS-6340 seriesT
1.2 Product Description
Cost-effective Layer 3 Routing Solution for Enterprise Intranet Networking
Designed for enterprises and small- and medium-sized businesses where an intranet routing network is built,
PLANET SGS-6340 Series, a Layer 3 Stackable Gigabit Managed Switch, provides hardware-based Layer 3
routing capability with IPv4/IPv6 static routing, RIP (Routing Information Protocol) and OSPF (Open
Shortest Path First) routing features which allow to crossover different VLANs and different IP addresses,
and performs effective data traffic control for security, VoIP and video streaming applications.
Efficient IP Stacking Management
The SGS-6340 Series supports IP stacking function that helps network managers to easily configure up to 24
switches in the same series via one single IP address instead of connecting and setting each unit one by one.
It enables centralized management regardless of the series of switches being distributed in various locations.
New switches can be flexibly added to the IP stacking group when network expands.
Layer 3 Routing Support
The SGS-6340 Series enables the administrator to conveniently boost network efficiency by configuring Layer
3 static routing manually, the RIP (Routing Information Protocol) or OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) settings
automatically. The RIP can employ the hop count as a routing metric and prevent routing loops by
implementing a limit on the number of hops allowed in a path from the source to a destination. The maximum
number of hops allowed for the RIP is 15. The OSPF is an interior dynamic routing protocol for autonomous
system based on link-state. The protocol creates a link-state database by exchanging link-states among
Layer 3 switches, and then uses the Shortest Path First algorithm to generate a route table based on that
database.
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