Introduction, IC 3548-2GT | Asante Technologies 3500 manual

1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Asanté IntraCore 3500 Series Gigabit switch. The IntraCore 3500 series include 24- and 48-port 10/100 managed switches with a variety of hardware and software options.

The IntraCore 3524 is a 24-port 10/100 managed switch with sev- eral optional hardware modules. Hardware expansion slots (two Type IC35) can accept a wide range of Gigabit and 10/100 Mbps media modules:

•10/100/1000BaseT

•1000BaseT GBIC

•1000BaseSX

•100BaseMMFX

•100BaseSMFX

The IntraCore 3548-2GT is a 48-port 10/100 managed switch with integrated 10/100/1000BaseT Gigabit Ethernet ports and 1000Base GBIC expansion ports. See the table below for a description of the 3500 series models that are available.

Model	10/100	Optional Media	Description
	Ports	Modules

IC 3524 Base	24	Two IC35 slots	Managed 24-port 10/100
		available	switch; base
IC 3524-2T	24	Two 10/100/1000	Integrated copper Gigabit
		BaseT ports	ports
IC 3524-2G	24	Two GBIC ports	Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
			Interface Converter (GBIC)
			ports

IC 3548-2GT	48		Managed 48-port 10/100
			switch with two integrated
			GBIC slots or two inte-
			grated 10/100/1000BaseT
			Gigabit Ethernet ports

Table 1-1—3500 Models

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