GE ML1200 Features and Benefits, Managed switching for high performance Ethernet LANs

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION CHAPTER 2: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

2.2Features and Benefits

•Managed switching for high performance Ethernet LANs.

Multilink ML1200 Switches provide unicast non-blocking (all ports can run at full speed at once) performance with standard Managed Network Software included. They are typically used in LAN traffic centers with up to 12 100Mb +2 Gigabit ports for backbone connections, where managed network services are desired.

•Switching services includes 802.1p QoS packet prioritization.

The Multilink ML1200 switching hardware supports QoS, giving packet processing priority to priority tagged packets according to the IEEE 802.1p standard. For port- and application-specific priorities of data, the QoS software may be configured.

•Features Fiber-Built-In.

Multilink ML1200 Managed Field Switches are designed to naturally include fiber ports, and support mixes of multi-mode, single-mode; 10Mb, 100Mb and 1000Mb speed; full-and half-duplex; classic Small Form Factor (SFF) and GBIC fiber connectors. RJ-45 10/100 ports can also be configured in the mix of port types.

•Ring-Only Mode for reliable high availability using ring topology.

Ring-Only Mode feature provides reliable fast recovery of a fault in a ring topology.

•Relay Contacts for monitoring internal power and user-defined software events.

Two Alarm Relay contacts monitor basic operations. One is for hardware, and will signal loss of power internally. The other is software controllable and will signal user-defined software events such as a security violation or an RSTP Topology Change condition.

•Vertical mounting for efficient convection cooling, no fans, extended temp.

Mounting brackets for vertical mounting are included. DIN-Rail mounting hardware is optional. Ethernet signal and power cables attach at the bottom. Two sets of status LEDs are included, one set viewable at the port connector and one set viewable from the front.

•Standard AC power input, -48VDC or 24VDC or 125VDC input is optional.

Standard AC power input comes with an IEC plug and is auto-ranging for worldwide use. For special applications, models with –48VDC or 24VDC or 125VDC are available. Dual Source DC input can also be selected and configured on the DC power input models.

•Heavy-duty design for Industrial Ethernet and extended temperature operation.

Fiber ports take more power than copper ports, but the Multilink ML1200 design provides for this with heavy-duty components. The ambient temperature dual- rating is 60`C per UL methods, and 95°C per type test methods.

•Management Software included.

ML1200 firmware includes SNMP Switch Management with secure access control, RMON, CLI, Port Security; Port Mirroring; secured Radius and TACACs+, Telnet, TFTP, FTP support, Spanning Tree Protocol, Link-Loss-Learn, Ring-Only Mode multi-level

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