12CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCING THE SUPERSTACK 3 SWITCH 4200 SERIES

About the Switch

The Switch 4200 Series are stackable 10/100/1000 Mbps devices which

4200 Series

consists of:

 

24 or 48 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports

 

2

10/100/1000BASE-T ports

 

2

GBIC ports (Switch 4228G only)

The Switch provides high-performance workgroups with a backbone to server connection. You can also add the Switch 4200 Series to any SuperStack® system as your network grows.

Summary of Table 3 summarizes the hardware features that are supported by the Hardware Features Switch 4200 Series.

Table 3 Hardware features

Feature

Switch 4200 Series

 

 

Addresses

Up to 8000 supported

 

Up to 64 permanent entries

Auto-negotiation

Supported on all ports

 

Auto MDI/MDI-X

Forwarding Modes

Store and Forward

Duplex Modes

Half and full duplex on all 10/100 ports. Full duplex

 

on 1000BASE-T ports and full duplex on GBIC ports

Flow Control

In full duplex operation all ports are supported

Smart Auto-sensing

Supported on all ports except GBIC ports which are

 

single speed ports.

 

Smart auto-sensing allows auto-negotiating ports to

 

monitor and detect a high error rate on a link, or a

 

problem in the "physical" interconnection to

 

another port and react accordingly.

Traffic Prioritization

Supported (IEEE 802.ID): 2 queues per port

Ethernet and Fast Ethernet

Auto-negotiating 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports

Ports

 

Gigabit Ethernet

Auto-negotiating 10/100/1000BASE-T ports

GBIC

Auto-negotiating GBIC ports (Switch 4228G only)

RPS Support

Connects to SuperStack Advanced Redundant

 

Power System (ARPS) (3C16071, 3C16071A or

 

3C16071B)

Mounting

19-inch rack or stand-alone mounting

 

 

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3Com 3C17300, C17302, C17304 manual About the Switch, Series

C17304, C17302, 3C17300 specifications

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