10/100 Auto Negotiation Switch User’s Guide
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Introduction
This chapter gives a physical and functional overview of the DES-3224. The DES-3224 is an intelligent, managed switch, designed for use on medium sized networks as part of the backbone or for use with other switches and hubs on a larger network.
The chapter is divided into the following sections. Each section briefly describes the features of the DES-3224. Most of the topics discussed will be explained in greater detail later in the manual.
The topics covered are:
∙Summary of Features
∙Panels of the DES-3224
∙Management Methods
∙Updating Firmware
Features
The DES-3224 has the following features:
∙All twenty-four ports auto-negotiate 10/100 Mbps.
∙The DES-3224 can be configured and customized to your network.
∙The DES-3224 can be managed in three ways: Local Console Management, Telnet and SNMP.
∙Supports Cut-through and Store-and-Forward switching.
∙Supports Full and Half Duplex for both 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps. .
∙Wire-speed packet filtering and forwarding for up to 24 ports.
∙Eight thousand active MAC address table entries per device with self-learning and table aging.
∙The DES-3224 supports SNMP for RFC 1213, RFC 1757, and RFC 1493.
∙VLAN support for eight broadcast domains.
∙Port Trunking support for bandwidth aggregation between two DES-3224 switches.
Front Panel
The DES-3224 is designed for management at a glance. The front panel of the, displayed in Figure 1, has LEDs that give you essential information about the DES-3224 at a glance.
