Cost-effective, secure switching with
simplified management for your SLM248G4S growing business
Growing businesses require cost-effective, networking solutions that can scale with ever- changing business needs. The Linksys SLM248G4S Smart Switch with Resilient Clustering technology brings a whole new level of intelligence and security to the network infrastructure at a cost-effective price. It offers 48 10/100 Ethernet (copper) ports with four 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet copper or optional optical (SFP) interfaces for uplinking the switch to the core network.
Network security is a top priority in any size business; unauthorized access to the network and mission critical data is a constant concern. The SLM248G4S is able to secure the network through 802.1X port authentication and MAC Filtering. 802.1X requires clients to authenticate themselves before they are given access to the network.
The SLM248G4S switches provide Resilient Clustering technology which enables several switches to be clustered together and managed as a single switch with one Web Management interface and one IP address. This technology allows up to 4 units of the SLM248G4S (or up to 192 ports when combined with SLM224G4S) to be set up in a switch cluster. SLM248G4S units can coexist in a switch cluster with other Linksys Smart Switches that support Resilient Clustering technology—SLM224G4PS, SLM224G4S, and SLM248G4PS.
Businesses are recognizing the benefits of Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and are quickly migrating their voice services to IP-based platforms, requiring their local area networks to support both voice and data applications. The SLM248G4S’s extensive QoS features make the solution ideal for real-time applications like Voice and Video. The four priority queues together with Weighted Round Robin and Strict Priority scheduling techniques let network administrators quickly prioritize real-time voice and video traffic over data traffic. Individual users or applications can also be prioritized above others using various Class of Service options—by port, Layer 2 priority (802.1p), and Layer 3 priority (TOS or DSCP). Intelligent Broadcast, Multicast, and Unknown Unicast storm control minimizes and contains the effects that these types of storms have on regular traffic. IGMP Snooping limits bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requestors without flooding to all users. Incoming traffic can be policed and outgoing traffic can be shaped allowing network administrators to control network access and traffic flow.
The SLM248G4S also includes features for network expansion and faster throughput performance. Link aggregation enables network administrators to create multiple high-bandwidth trunks between switches. This provides a level of reliability because the system will continue to operate if one of the links breaks. Spanning Tree (STP) allows administrators to avoid network loops and to build a mesh of switches to increase the availability of their network.
The simplified user interface provides an intuitive, secure management platform enabling administrators to better utilize the extensive feature set of the switch, resulting in a better optimized, more secure network.
Easy-to-use Web | Grow your network with | 802.1X port authentication | Advanced QoS enables the |
browser interface makes | options like Resilient | and MAC address filtering | network to be optimized for your |
installation quick and | Clustering and Link | brings network security down | networked applications, including |
effortless | Aggregation | to the switch port level | voice, video and data storage |
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48-Port 10/100 + 4-Port Gigabit Smart Switch with Resilient Clustering Technology
