SMC Networks 10G manual Expandability, Performance, Management

FEATURES AND BENEFITS

•IEEE 802.3 Ethernet, 802.3u Fast Ethernet, 802.3z, 802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet, and 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet compliance ensures compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any vendor.

•Provides stacking capability via high-speed serial ports with 10 Gbps stacking bandwidth. Up to 8 units can be stacked together.

Expandability

•Supports 1000BASE-SX and 1000BASE-LX and 1000BASE-ZX SFP transceivers.

Performance

•Transparent bridging.

•Switching table with a total of 16K MAC address entries.

•Provides store-and-forward switching.

•Supports wire-speed switching.

•Supports flow control, using back pressure for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full duplex.

•Broadcast storm control.

Management

•“At-a-glance” LEDs for easy troubleshooting.

•Network management agent

-Manages switch (or entire stack) in-band or out-of-band

-Supports Telnet, SNMP V1/V2/V3, RMON 4 groups and Web-based interface

•Slave units provide backup stack management.

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