1 Introduction
Features and Benefits
Connectivity
•26 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 10/100/1000BASE-T 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 Category 5, 5e, 6 or better for 1000 Mbps connections.
•IEEE 802.3-2005 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet compliance ensures compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any vendor.
Expandability
• Supports 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, and 1000BASE-ZX SFP transceivers.
Performance
•Transparent bridging.
•Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 52 Gbps.
•Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries.
•Provides store-and-forward switching.
•Supports wire-speed switching.
•Broadcast storm control.
Management
•“At-a-glance” LEDs for easy troubleshooting
•Network management agent:
-Manages switch in-band or out-of-band
-Supports console, Telnet, SSH, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, RMON (4 groups) and web-based interface
