Installation guide

Features and Benefits
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Features and Benefits
Connectivity
• 24 dual-speed ports for 10 or 100 Mbps Ethernet connections
• Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum
communication mode (half or full duplex) for the attached device
• Independent RJ-45 ports with support for automatic MDI/MDI-X
• Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3, 4 or 5 for
10 Mbps connections and Category 5 for 100 Mbps connections
• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and 802.3u Fast Ethernet compliance ensures compatibility
with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any vendor
• Provides stacking capability via a module with 1 Gbps stacking bandwidth. Up to 8
units can be stacked.
Expandability
• Optional single-port 1000BASE-SX Gigabit module that can run up to 550 meters
using 50/125 micron multimode fiber cable, and operates at 1 Gbps, full duplex,
with auto-negotiation for flow control
• Optional single-port 1000BASE-LX Gigabit module that can run up to 5 km using
9/125 micron single-mode fiber cable, and operates at 1 Gbps, full duplex, with
auto-negotiation for flow control
• Optional single-port 1000BASE-T Gigabit module that can run up to 100 meters
using 100-ohm Category 5, 5e, or 6 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) or shielded
twisted-pair (STP) cable, and operates at 1 Gbps, full duplex, with auto negotiation
for flow control
• Optional single-port 100BASE-FX module that can run up to 20 km using 9/125
micron single-mode fiber cable and operates at 100 Mbps, full duplex, with
auto-negotiation for flow control
• Optional single-port 100BASE-TX module that can run a connection up to 100
meters away using 100-ohm Category 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) or shielded
twisted-pair (STP) cable, and operates at 10/100 Mbps, full/half duplex, with auto
negotiation for speed, duplex mode, and flow control
• Optional 2-port 1000BASE-T module, with combined Small Form Factor Pluggable
(SFP) slot
• Optional 1000BASE-X GBIC module
Performance
• Transparent bridging
• Aggregate bandwidth up to 8.8 Gbps
• Switching Table with 8K MAC address entries
• Filtering and forwarding at line speed