Magnum 500-Series Switching Hubs

Installation and User Guide (08/98)

 

 

2.3Features and Benefits

!Ideal for enhancing the performance of existing 10Mb segments

The Magnum 508 has eight 10Mb switched ports, each operating at full-or half-duplex, for segmenting a 10Mb network to increase performance.

!Full-duplex or Half-duplex operation, auto-sensing

All 10Mb and 100Mb RJ-45 ports are capable of half- or full-duplex. The Magnum 528F’s 100Mb fiber port may be used in full-duplex fiber segments for distances up to 2Km multi-mode or 15Km single-mode.

!High Performance

Magnum 500-Series Switching Hubs overcome congestion on shared- bandwidth networks, performing high speed filter/forward operations on the traffic, giving each port’s segment a full 10Mb or 100Mb bandwidth.

!Assured 100Mb performance in any network set-up

The two 100Mb ports normally are set to operate at 100Mb speed, and are user selected for full-or half-duplex. The 100Mb speed is assured, no matter what types of devices are attached. (Auto-negotiation is optional).

!Dynamic Buffer Space Allocation

Magnum 500-Series Switching Hubs adapt to their network’s traffic changes, dynamically allocating internal resources to maximize performance even for unbalanced loads. And, flow control is included.

!Plug-and-Play installation for high performance switching Magnum 500’s are self-learning for up to 8000 node addresses, so they can be placed in operation without complex set-up procedures, even in large networks. Front-mounted LINK LEDs provide a very simple way to verify wiring connections at both ends of each attached twisted-pair cable. Front-mounted LEDs show the operating mode and activity on each port.

!Small package for office networks, "Universal" Power Supply

The compact package of the Magnum 500-Series switches allow them to be used in office networks where a large rack-mount unit would be undesirable. An internal auto-ranging AC power supply allows any Magnum 500-Series Switching Hub to be used throughout the world.

!Front-mounted LEDs display operating status

Front panel LED’s display the status of each port for easy monitoring.

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GarrettCom 500-Series manual Full-duplex or Half-duplex operation, auto-sensing, High Performance