Dell 6024F manual Features and Benefits, Page, January

Features and Benefits

The features and benefits of the PowerConnect 6024 and 6024F are shown in the following table.

Table 2

Features, Functions and Benefits of the PowerConnect 6000 Series

Feature	Function	Benefit
Total Switching Capacity	Enables full wire-speed	Can maximize the available
	switching across all ports,	bandwidth of your network.
	including Gigabit Ethernet
	ports/slots.

Maximum Forwarding Rate Enables wire-speed switching and routing across all ports, including Gigabit Ethernet ports and SFP slots.

Helps take full advantage of the speed of the devices connected to the switch.

Built-in Copper Gigabit	Provides up to 10-times higher
Ethernet Ports	bandwidth than Fast Ethernet
	ports.

Helps eliminate performance bottleneck at critical traffic aggregation points; can use Gigabit Ethernet with standard Cat5 cabling, but Cat5e cabling is recommended.

Fiber-Capable Gigabit Accommodates various types of

Ethernet Portsfiber interface modules (e.g., 1000SX, 1000LX; modules sold separately).

Flexibility to use fiber media if large distances have to be covered by the network.

High Availability	Delivers high availability with
	redundant hot-swappable power
	supplies, cooling fans and
	VRRP protocol.

Provides additional reliability for mission critical networks while helping to save money when compared to deploying external redundant power supplies.

MAC Address Table	Stores MAC addresses in	Provides lower-latency
	internal memory.	forwarding of data to a
		maximum of 14,000 MAC
		addresses stored in memory.

MAC-Based Port Security	Port locking feature.
Access Control List (ACL)	Up to 1024 ACLs supported in
	the system. ACLs are
	comprised of Access Control
	Elements (ACE). Up to 1024
	ACEs are supported in the
	system. ACLs can be either IP-
	based or MAC-based.

Network security based on MAC addresses associated on a specific port of the switch.

Provides added security to the switch, and also serves as a basis for Quality of Service mechanisms.

RIP	RIP allows routers to exchange
	routing table information.

Perhaps the easiest routing protocol to install and manage, RIP provides simple LAN

Page 6 January 2004