1 Introduction
Features and Benefits
Connectivity
•24 dual-speed ports for easy Fast Ethernet integration and for protection of your investment in legacy LAN equipment
•All 10/100 RJ-45 ports support IEEE 802.3af standard Power-over-Ethernet
•Two Gigabit combination ports—use either 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 port or Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver slot
•Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum communication mode (half or full duplex), if this feature is supported for the attached device
•Independent RJ-45 10/100BASE-TX ports with auto MDI/MDI-X
•Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or better for 10 Mbps connections, Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps connections, and Category 5, 5e or 6 for 1000 Mbps connections
•IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3z, and IEEE 802.3ab compliant
Performance
•Transparent bridging
•Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 8.8 Gbps
•Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries
•Store-and-Forward switching
•Wire-speed filtering and forwarding
•Supports flow control, using back pressure for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full duplex
•Auto MDI/MDIX on all 10/100BASE-TX ports
•Provides Head-of-Line blocking
•Broadcast storm control
•Desktop or rack-mountable
•Stacking capability for up to eight units
Management
•“At-a-glance” LEDs for easy troubleshooting
•Network management agent:
-Manages switch in-band or out-of-band
-Supports Telnet, SNMP/RMON and web-based interface
