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The Application Switch
Overview
The Application Switch 2000 (2208, 2216, 2424, and 2424-SSL) and 3000 (3408) series are
multi-application switching systems that perform wire-speed Layer 2/3 switching and
high-performance Layer 4-7 intelligent traffic management. In addition, the 2424-SSL has an
integrated Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Accelerator blade that off-loads multi-layer security
functions to protect networks and applications without impacting overall switch performance.
The Application Switch attaches to network backbones and interconnects servers using 10/100 and
1000BaseT Mbps (supported only on 3000 series) Base-T and Gigabit Ethernet connections. This
flexibility off-loads server-to-server traffic from the backbone, frees backbone bandwidth, and
accelerates client-server performance.
Physical Description
The Application Switch series has two variants that are identified with an E or a DC at the end of
the model name. The E variant is an enhanced version which is built to conform with the European
Union Environmental Directive (EUED) for Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) . The
DC variant includes all of the E variant enhancements, but is designed to operate on -48 Volts DC.
The illustrations in this section provide a visual representation of the various switches in the
Application Switch 2000 E and 3000 E series. Where appropriate, additional information is
provided to explain these physical representations. No attempt is made to include all three views of
the base model and the two variants for each figure.
Front Panel
The following illustrations provide a visual representation of the Application Switch 2000 and
3000 series front panels. Refer to the following table to locate the illustration for a specific switch.
Table 2
Switch Illustrations
Switch Model
Illustration
Application Switch 2208
Figure 1 on page 11
Application Switch 2216
Figure 2 on page 11
Application Switch 2424
Figure 3 on page 11
