GS1100 Series User’s Guide
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Getting to Know Your Switch
1.1 Introduction
This chapter describes the key features, benefits and applications of your Switch.
This User’s Guide covers the following m odels: GS1100- 8HP, GS1100- 16, and GS1100- 24. The
Switch is a 10/ 100/ 1000 Mbps m ulti- port switch that can be used to build high- perform ance
switched workgroup networks. The Switch is a store-and- forward device t hat offers low lat ency for
high- speed networking. The Switch is designed for workgroups, departm ents or backbone
com puting environm ents for sm all businesses.
The GS1100- 8HP has four GbE PoE ports that can supply power to the connected PoE powered
devices.
The GS1100- 24 has two m ini- GBI C ports for uplink connection. Use m ini- GBI C transceivers in these
slots for connections t o backbone Ethernet switches.
The Switch has a built- in algorithm that autom atically assigns priority to received packets. I t can
operate in low power idle m ode in com pliance with I EEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Et hernet ( EEE) .
Table 1
GS1100 Series Com parison Table
PORT/SWITCH DETAILS
GS1100-8HP GS1100-16
GS1100-24
8 10/ 100/ 1000Base-T Ethernet ports
( including 4 PoE ports)
16 10/ 100/ 1000Base-T Et hernet port s
24 10/ 100/ 1000Base-T Et hernet port s
2 m ini- GBI C ( SFP) slot s
One physical I EEE 802.3az ON/ OFF but t on
One power ON/ OFF swit ch