Product Brief
Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series
Enable your power users to share
ideas and exchange information more
effectively than ever by providing high
speed from the desktop to the edge.
Combine your existing fast Ethernet
edge switches into one central point
for reduced costs, simplified manage-
ment and greater efficiency.
Do it with a powerful switch that
provides Gigabit performance and the
ability to aggregate multiple switches.
As a growing business, you know the
importance of connections — especially
between the people, applications and
devices that make your business tick.
That’s why it’s crucial that you have a
reliable, secure and high-performance
networking solution in place to provide
that connectivity.
Offering Gigabit performance, built-in
security and enterprise-grade features, the
Business Ethernet Switch 1000 is the
ideal solution for bringing high-speed
communications to your organization,
whether it is for data, voice and video
application, or whether it is from the
desktop, wireline or wireless.
Nortel Business Ethernet
Switch 1000
The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch
(BES) 1000 family of standalone Layer 2
Gigabit switches provides an easy and
affordable way to connect the people,
applications and networking products
your business depends on every day.
The 1000 series offers high-performance,
robust features specifically crafted for
your needs, Power over Ethernet (PoE)
for easily and conveniently adding plug-
and-play devices, and user-friendly
management through an easy-to-use,
illustrative and intuitive GUI.
Used as an aggregation switch, the
Business Ethernet Switch 1000 allows you
to create a more manageable solution that
centralizes the Nortel Business Ethernet
50/100/200 currently deployed in your
network — eliminating the need for full-
mesh interconnections. The result is a
more efficient solution that requires less
cabling and fewer ports for interconnec-
tions, and a more scalable solution that
grows as your business blossoms.
The Nortel Business Ethernet Switch
1000 series joins the Nortel Business
Ethernet Switch 50/100/200 series of
products to round out the Nortel SMB
portfolio, which is made up of award-
winning products that bring all the bene-
fits of performance, security, reliability
and convergence to your organization
at a competitive cost.
Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 1000 Series
Model
BES1010-24T
BES1010-48T
BES1020-24T PWR
BES1020-48T PWR
Port configurations
24 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports + 2 Gigabit uplink ports (SFP/RJ45)
48 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports + 2 Gigabit uplink ports (SFP/RJ45)
24 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports with PoE on 12 ports + 2 Gigabit uplink
ports (SFP/RJ45)
48 x 10/100/1000 Mbps ports with PoE on 24 ports + 2 Gigabit
uplink ports (SFP/RJ45)
Nortel Business Ethernet
Switch 1000 Series