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Features and Benefits
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Features and Benefits
Connectivity
• 24 dual-speed ports for easy Fast Ethernet integration and for protection of your
investment in legacy LAN equipment.
• Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum
communication mode (half or full duplex) if this feature is supported by the
attached device; otherwise the port can be configured manually.
• RJ-45 10/100BASE-TX ports with auto MDI/MDI-X.
• Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or better for
10 Mbps connections, Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps connections, and
Category 5, 5e or 6 for 1000 Mbps connections.
• IEEE 802.3-2005 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet compliance ensures
compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches from any
vendor.
Expandability
• 2 Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver slots (shared with 1000BASE-T
ports)
• Supports 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX and 1000BASE-LH SFP transceivers.
Performance
• Transparent bridging
• Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 8.8 Gbps
• Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries
• Provides store-and-forward switching
• Wire-speed filtering and forwarding
• 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 in-band or out-of-band
- Supports Telnet, SNMP v1/v2, RMON (4 groups) and web-based interface