User's Manual

EATURES

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ENEFITS

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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) if this feature is

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

manually

◆ Independent RJ-45 ports with support for automatic MDI/MDI-X

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

better for 10 Mbps connections and Category 5 or better 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

Expandability

◆ Optional single-port 1000BASE-T Gigabit module

◆ Optional single-port 100BASE-FX multimode and single-mode

modules

◆ Optional single-port 1000BASE-X GBIC module that supports a

single-port 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, or 1000BASE-ZX GBIC

transceiver.

Performance

◆ Transparent bridging

◆ Aggregate bandwidth up to 8.8 Gbps

◆ Switching Table with 8K MAC address entries