Asante Technologies 3624/48 user manual Introduction, Features

Chapter 1: Introduction

The IntraCore IC3624/48 24-port + 2/4 Gigabit Layer 2+ Managed Switch is a high-performance network switch used to reduce network congestion and application response times. The 24-port/48-port IntraCore IC3624/48 multi-protocol switch supports Layer 2+ and Ethernet switching. The switch has 24/48 10/100BaseT ports with Auto-Uplink and has 2/4 combination ports used for sharing with SFP mini GBICs. Fiber technology is used to connect two switches together. The switches also have an SNMP-based management agent embedded on the main board. This agent supports both in-band and out-of-band access for managing the switch.

These switches have a broad range of features for Layer 2+ switching delivering reliability and consistent performance for network traffic. The switches improve network performance by segregating them into separate broadcast domains with IEEE 802.1Q compliant VLANs and provide multimedia applications with multicast switching and CoS services.

The system can operate as a stand-alone network or be used in combination with other IntraCore switches in the backbone.

1.1 Features

The IntraCore IC3624/48 Ethernet switch is a 24-port/48-port Layer 2+ multi-media, multi-protocol (Ethernet and Layer 2+) switch. The following is a list of features:

•24/48 port 10/100 switch with auto-uplink

•2/4 port gigabit combo ports

•Supports wire-speed L2+ switching

•CoS provisioning on Layers 2 and 802.1p, IP precedence (TOS, DSCP )

•Packet filtering

•8K MAC address

•256 configurable port-based support for 4K VLAN ID, IGMP snooping

•SNMP v1, v2, and RMON, statistics counters supported

•Spanning Tree Protocol 802.1D (standard), 32 instances of 802.1w (rapid) VLAN and 802.1s (multiple)

•14 trunks and 8 ports/trunk link aggregation

•4 MB internal packet buffer

•Support for Jumbo Frames (up to 9 KB in length)

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