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These switches can be used to augment or completely replace slow legacy
routers, off-loading local IP traffic to release valuable resources for non-IP
routing or WAN access. With wire-speed performance for Layer 2 and
Layer 3, these switches can significantly improve the throughput between
IP segments or VLANs.
Figure 1-1 Front Panels
Figure 1-2 Rear Panel
Switch Architecture
The switches employ a wire-speed, non-blocking switching fabric. This
permits simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low
latency on all ports. The switches also feature full-duplex capability on all
ports, which effectively doubles the bandwidth of each connection.
For communications between different VLANs, these switches use IP
routing. For communications within the same VLAN, they use
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.
SMC8748ML3
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