KTI Networks KGS-612F Plug and Play, Fiber Connectivity, Web Management, Quality of Service

1. Introduction

The KGS-612F is a managed Gigabit Ethernet switch which is featured with the following switched ports:

￿Three 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit copper ports

￿Two combo ports - 10/100/1000Mbps copper & 100Base-FX SFP

￿One combo port - 10/100/1000Mbps copper & 1000Base-X SFP

and the following advantages in a small footprint box:

Plug and Play

The switch is shipped with factory default configuration which behaves like an unmanaged Gigabit switch for workgroup. It provides five 10/100/1000Mbps copper ports for connections to Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet devices. With the featured auto-negotiation function, the switch can detect and configure the connection speed and duplex automatically. The switch also provides auto MDI/MDI-X function, which can detect the connected cable and switch the transmission wire pair and receiving pair automatically. This auto-crossover function can simplify the type of network cables used.

Fiber Connectivity

Two 100M SFP ports can be installed with an optional SFP optical fiber transceiver to support two 100Base-FX fiber connections when needed. One mini-GBIC SFP port can also be installed with an optional SFP optical fiber transceiver to support one Gigabit fiber connection when needed.

Web Management

The switch is embedded with an Http server which provides management functions for advanced network functions including Port Control, Quality of Service, and Virtual LAN functions. The manage- ment can be performed via Web browser based interface over TCP/IP network.

Quality of Service

For advanced application, the switch is featured with powerful Quality of Service (QoS) function which can classify the priority for received network frames based on the ingress port and frame contents. Furthermore, many service priority policies can be configured for egress operation in per-port basis.

Virtual LAN (VLAN)

For increasing Tagged VLAN applications, the switch is also featured with powerful VLAN function to fulfill the up-to-date VLAN requirements. The switch supports both port-based VLAN and tagged VLAN in per-port basis.

802.1x Authentication

IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control function provide a means of authenticating and autho- rizing devices attached to the switched port that has point-to-point connection characteristics, and of preventing access to that port in cases in which the authentication and authorization process fails.

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