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Summit X350 Series Product Brief

Single Streamlined Operating 

System in the Entire 

Enterprise Network

Extreme Networks offers an ExtremeXOS-
based Ethernet switching platform from 
edge, to aggregation, to core of the 
enterprise network. Having one operating 
system significantly simplifies network 
deployment and operation, as well as 
ongoing maintenance, to help reduce the 
total cost of ownership. Summit X350 
running ExtremeXOS provides a consistent 
experience amongst other switches such 
as the BlackDiamond

®

 modular chassis 

and provides an excellent user experience 
from the edge to the core of the network.

Network Configuration 

Automation

ExtremeXOS provides extensible scripting 
capability that allows users to create a 
customized series of commands and 
executables. Scripting can be used to add 
incremental configuration to the network 
infrastructure, such as a list of VLANs to 
be configured. This capability eases the 
roll-out of networks and reduces configu-
ration errors. For example, using the 
scripting capabilities of system and 
user-defined environment variables and 
constructs, such as if/then and loops, 
allows for automating regular management 
tasks and deployment configurations of 
QoS rate limiting and ACLs to multiple 
ports or multiple switches.

Ethernet Automatic Protection 

Switching (EAPS)

EAPS allows the IP network to provide 
the level of resiliency and uptime that 
users expect from their traditional voice 
network. EAPS differs from Spanning Tree 
and Rapid Spanning Tree protocols in 
offering sub-second (less than 50 
milliseconds) recovery that helps deliver 
consistent failover regardless of the 
number of VLANs, network nodes or 
network topology. Since EAPS allows the 
network to recover almost transparently, 
VoIP calls do not drop and digital video 

feeds do not freeze or pixelize in most 
situations.

Multiple Network Edge 

Authentication Support with 

Multiple Endpoint per Port

Network Login capability enforces user 
admission and usage policies. Summit X350 
series switches support a comprehensive 
range of Network Login options by 
providing an 802.1x agent-based ap-
proach, a web-based (agent-less) login 
capability for guests, and a MAC-based 
authentication model for devices. With 
these modes of Network Login, only 
authorized users and devices are 
permitted to connect to the network and 
be assigned to the appropriate VLAN.

Shared ports represent a potential 
vulnerability in a network. Multiple 
supplicant capability on a switch allows it 
to uniquely authenticate and apply the 
appropriate policies and VLANs for each 
user or device on a shared port. Multiple 
supplicant support secures IP Telephony 
and wireless access. Converged network 
designs often involve the use of shared 
ports.

Ease of Management

As the network becomes a foundation of 
the enterprise application, network 
management becomes an important piece 
of the solution. Summit X350 switches 
offer comprehensive network management 
support through Command Line Interface 
(CLI), SNMP v1, v2c, v3, and embedded 
XML-based Web User Interface, 
ExtremeXOS ScreenPlay™. With a variety 
of management options and consistency 
across other Extreme Networks modular 
and stackable switches, Summit X350 
series provides ease-of-management for 
demanding converged applications.

Extreme Networks has developed tools 
that can save you time and resources in 
managing your network. EPICenter

®

 

provides fault configuration, accounting, 
performance and security functions, 
allowing effective management of 
multi-layer switching equipment from 
Extreme Networks in a converged 
network.

Corporate
and North America

Extreme Networks, Inc.
3585 Monroe Street
Santa Clara, CA 95051  USA
Phone +1 408 579 2800

Features

Summit X350

Copper 10/100/1000BASE-TX

24 or 48 ports

Fiber 10/100/1000BASE-X

4 ports

Optional Fiber 10 Gigabit Ethernet BASE-X

2

Power over Ethernet

No

External Redundant Power Supply

EPS-500

ACL Classification

Layer 2 – Layer 4, including IPv4/v6 based ACL

Policy-Based Switching

Yes in Layer 2 switching

ExtremeXOS License

ExtremeXOS Layer 2 Edge License included

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