Switch User Manual

EATURES

AND

ENEFITS

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Features and Benefits

Connectivity

• 24/48 10/100/1000 Mbps ports for easy Gigabit Ethernet integration

and for protection of your investment in legacy LAN equipment.

• Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the

optimum communication mode (half or full duplex) if this feature is

supported by the attached device; otherwise the port can be configured

manually.

• RJ-45 ports support auto MDI/MDI-X pinout selection.

• Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or

better for 10 Mbps connections, Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps

connections, and Category 5, 5e, 6 or better for 1000 Mbps

connections.

• IEEE 802.3-2002 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and

IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet compliance ensures compatibility

with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any

vendor.

• Provides stacking capability via high-speed serial ports with 40 Gbps

stacking bandwidth. Up to 8 units can be stacked together.

Expandability

• Supports 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX and 1000BASE-ZX SFP

transceivers.

• Optional single-port 10G expansion module with a Xenpak transceiver

slot.

Performance

• Transparent bridging.

• Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 108/156 Gbps.