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3COM SWITCH 4210 10/100 FAMILY
All information in this section is relevant to all members of the
3Com Switch 4210 family, unless otherwise stated.
CONNECTORS
9-port
8 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports and 1 dual-personality 10/100/1000
or SFP port
10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports are auto-negotiating, configured as
auto-MDI/MDIX
RJ-45 console port
IEEE 802.3af in-line power on 4 10/100 ports (PWR model)
18-port
16 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports and 2 dual-personality 10/100/1000 or
SFP ports
10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports are auto-negotiating, configured as
auto-MDI/MDIX
RJ-45 console port
IEEE 802.3af in-line power on 8 10/100 ports (PWR model)
26-port
24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports and 2 dual-personality 10/100/1000 or
SFP ports
10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports are auto-negotiating, configured as
auto-MDI/MDIX
RJ-45 console port
IEEE 802.3af in-line power on all 10/100 ports (PWR model)
52-port
48 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX and 2 10/100/1000 ports, and 2 SFP ports
10/100 and 10/100/1000 ports are auto-negotiating, configured as
auto-MDI/MDIX
RJ-45 console port
PERFORMANCE
9-port
3.6 Gbps switching capacity (max.), 2.7 Mpps forwarding rate (max.)
18-port
5.2 Gbps switching capacity (max.), 3.9 Mpps forwarding rate (max.)
26-port
8.8 Gbps switching capacity (max.), 6.6 Mpps forwarding rate (max.)
52-port
17.6 Gbps switching capacity (max.), 13.1 Mpps forwarding rate (max.)
All models
Switch fabric bandwidth: 19.2 Gbps
Wirespeed performance across ports in full mesh configuration
Store-and-forward switching; latency <10 µs
LAYER 2 SWITCHING
8,192 MAC addresses in address table
1,024 static MAC addresses (in addition to default address)
4,094 Port-based VLANs (IEEE 802.1Q)
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP); automated and
manual aggregation
Per-switch trunk groups:
• 2 groups (9- and 18- port)
• 3 groups (26-port)
• 6 groups (52-port)
• 8 10/100 ports or 2 Gigabit ports per group
Auto-negotiation of port speed and duplex
IEEE 802.3x full-duplex flow control
Back pressure flow control for half duplex
Broadcast storm suppression
IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
Spanning Tree enable / disable per port
Spanning Tree fast-start mode
Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) protection
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping v1, 2 and 3
Filtering for 256 multicast groups
DHCP snooping
CONVERGENCE
Four hardware queues per port
Weighted Round Robin queuing
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service/Quality of Service (CoS/QoS) on egress
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP-MED
SECURITY
IEEE 802.1X Network login user authentication:
• EAP over LAN (EAPoL) transport with EAP-MD5, PAP, CHAP, PEAP
and EAP-TLS authentication
• Multiple users per port
RADIUS and HWTACACS server authentication
RADIUS Authenticated Device Access (RADA): authenticate devices
based on MAC address against RADIUS server
Port-based MAC address Disconnect Unknown Device (DUD)
SNMP v3 encryption
SSH v2
HTTPS secure web access
Denial of Service protection
CLUSTERED STACKING
Local switch log-in password
Switch login via RADIUS
Trusted IP Management Addresses
Isolated port in VLAN
Blackhole MAC address
Auto-VLAN assignment based on log-in
Single IP address and management interfaces for centralized control
Up to 255 devices per cluster across Switch 4210, 4200G, 4500, 4500G,
4800G, 5500 and 5500G devices
MANAGEMENT
3Com Operating System / Comware V3
CLI via console or Telnet
Embedded web management interface, access via HTTP and HTTPS
System configuration with SNMP v1, 2c and 3
Remote Monitoring (RMON) groups statistics, history, alarm
and events
Clear text configuration files for easy administration with backup
and restore
System file transfer mechanisms: FTP, Trivial FTP (TFTP), Secure FTP
(SFTP)
Configuration backup and restore
Port mirroring – N:1
IP address allocation via DHCP, bootP
Network Time Protocol
IPv6 management
Syslog
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP / LLDP-MED)
Clustered stacking of up to 255 devices
Compatible single-IP management with 4500, 5500, 4200G, 4500G,
4800G, 5500G
3Com management applications:
• 3Com Enterprise Management Suite for flexible, extensible
management in advanced enterprise IT environments
• 3Com Intelligent Management Center, Enterprise Edition for
comprehensive management with the rich functionality required
to meet the needs of advanced Enterprise networks
• 3Com Network Director for complete, turn-key network manage-
ment for the enterprise
SPECIFICATIONS
