SMC Networks 8728L2 FICHE, Installation Manual

Page: 22 / 88

A
BOUT THE
T
IGER
S
WITCH
1-2
Figure 1-1 Front and Rear Panels
Switch Architecture
The SMC8728L2 switch employs a wire-speed, non-blocking switching
fabric. This permits simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at
low latency on all ports. The switch also features full-duplex capability on all
ports, which effectively doubles the bandwidth of each connection.
The switch uses store-and-forward switching to ensure maximum data
integrity. With store-and-forward switching, the entire packet must be
received into a buffer and checked for validity before being forwarded. This
prevents errors from being propagated throughout the network.
The switch also includes two slots on the rear panel for slide-in single-port
10GBASE modules that support XFP transceivers.
10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports
Port Status Indicators
SFP Slots
System Indicators
Console Port
Power Socket
Redundant Power Socket
Module Slots