ABOUT THE TIGERACCESS SWITCH

System and Port indicators

Ground and Power Connection Points

Power Trays

8.7A

Mgmt

8.7A

Alarm Connector

100BASE-TX Subscriber Ports

 

Mgmt

Gigabit Combo Ports

 

Fan Tray

Gigabit Combo Module Slots

Console Port

 

(for 1000BASE-T/SFP Ports)

Management Port

Figure 1-1 Front Panel

Switch Architecture

This switch employs a wire-speed, non-blocking switching fabric. This permits simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low latency on all ports. The switch also features full-duplex capability on all ports, which effectively doubles the bandwidth of each connection.

For communications within the same VLAN, the switch uses store-and-forward switching to ensure maximum data integrity. With store-and-forward switching, the entire packet must be received into a buffer and checked for validity before being forwarded. This prevents errors from being propagated throughout the network.

Network Management Options

This switch contains a comprehensive array of LEDs for “at-a-glance” monitoring of network and port status. It also includes a management agent that allows you to configure or monitor the switch using its embedded management software, or via SNMP applications. To manage the switch, you can make a direct connection to the console port (out-of-band), or you can manage the switches through a network

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SMC Networks SMC7824M/ESW manual Switch Architecture, Network Management Options