User's Manual

Introduction
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Features and Benefits
Connectivity
• 26 10/100/1000 Mbps ports for easy Gigabit Ethernet integration and for protection
of your investment in legacy LAN equipment.
• Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum
communication mode (half or full duplex) if this feature is supported by the attached
device; otherwise the port can be configured manually.
• RJ-45 10/100/1000BASE-T ports support auto MDI/MDI-X pinout selection.
• Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or better for
10 Mbps connections, Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps connections, and
Category Category 5, 5e, 6 or better for 1000 Mbps connections.
• IEEE 802.3-2005 Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet compliance
ensures compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches
from any vendor.
Expandability
• Supports 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, and 1000BASE-ZX SFP transceivers.
Performance
• Transparent bridging.
• Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 52 Gbps.
• Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries.
• Provides store-and-forward switching.
• Supports wire-speed switching.
• Broadcast storm control.
Management
• “At-a-glance” LEDs for easy troubleshooting
• Network management agent:
- Manages switch in-band or out-of-band
- Supports console, Telnet, SSH, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, RMON (4 groups) and
web-based interface