Bay Technical Associates manual Using the BayStack 303 and 304 Ethernet Switches

Using the BayStack 303 and 304 Ethernet Switches

Multiple switches can be connected to one another (or to other 802.1D bridges/ switches/hubs) to form a switched/segmented (or bridged) Ethernet backbone.

Key features of the BayStack 303 and 304 Ethernet Switches are:

•Provides 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s switching in the following configurations:

—12 (BayStack 304) or 24 (BayStack 303) 10BASE-T half-duplex ports with standard RJ-45 connections

—One 10/100BASE-TX half- or full-duplex autonegotiating port

—Addition of an optional 10/100BASE-TX half- or full-duplex autonegotiating copper port or 100BASE-FX fiber port

•Supports IEEE 802.3u autonegotiation standard on 10/100BASE-TX ports

•Supports up to 1024 media access control (MAC) addresses per switch

•Provides store-and-forward switching mode

•Provides significant aggregate throughput for all packet sizes, including the minimum size (64 bytes) Ethernet frame:

—420,000 packets per second (pps) for BayStack 304 Ethernet Switch

—380,000 pps for the BayStack 303 Ethernet switch

•Supports IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree Protocol on each port to provide automatic network configuration of a loop-free topology and redundant inter-switch links

•Supports broadcast and multicast traffic control

•Provides user interface that supports international languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese

•Supports in-band Telnet connections through any port

•Provides SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) manageability through any port; supports MIB II and Bridge MIB

•Supports Groups 1, 2, 3, and 9 RMON

•Supports TFTP remote software image download

•Provides indicators for power, system, and port operation

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