SMC Networks SMC7824M/ESW manual Chapter About Tigeraccess Switch, Overview

CHAPTER 1

ABOUT THE

TIGERACCESS SWITCH

Overview

The TigerAccess 10/100 is an intelligent Layer 2 switch with 24 10/100BASE-TX ports for subscriber access to the data network, two Gigabit Ethernet combination ports* for uplink traffic. The uplink ports are implemented as 10/100/1000BASE-T ports shared with SFP transceiver slots (see Figure 1-1, Ports 27-28). The switch also includes one 10/100BASE-TX port for dedicated management access (which can be operated outside the data channel), and two slots for optional Gigabit Ethernet combination modules (one 10/100/1000BASE-T port shared with an SFP slot).

The switch includes an SNMP-based management agent embedded on the main board, which supports both in-band and out-of-band access.

This switch can enhance your network with full support for Spanning Tree Protocol, Multicast Switching, and Virtual LANs. It brings order to poorly performing networks by segregating them into separate broadcast domains with IEEE 802.1Q compliant VLANs, empowers multimedia applications with multicast switching and CoS services.

*If an SFP transceiver is plugged in, the corresponding RJ-45 port is disabled for ports 27-28 built into the front panel, or ports 25-26 on the optional media expansion modules.

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