Specifications

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• Flexibility and Agility – best-in-class pay-as-you-
grow scalability, versatile PoE/PoE+/Universal PoE
support, multiple 1/10 Gigabit network uplinks and
flexible airflow.
• Fabric-Enabled – supporting Extreme’s Fabric Connect
technologies to empower a seamless transition to an
agile, software-defined virtualized networking solution.
• Energy Ecient – focusing on end-to-end energy
eciency, dynamic Energy Saver further reduces power
consumption for both the Ethernet Switch and IP
Phones without impacting service availability.
System Compatibility
From an operating system software perspective, the
ERS 5900 products were introduced via the 7.0 release;
therefore, this is the minimum level of system software
required to operate the Switches
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. As of the 7.1 release,
both the ERS 5900 and ERS 4900 Series products are
supported by the same BOSS software image. This delivers
harmonized feature availability – where applicable – across
both the mainstream and premium product lines.
The recent BOSS 7.5 release delivers the following
enhancements:
• Integration into Extreme Management Center
• Support for MACsec on both Access and Uplink ports
• Adding Egress Filters for IPv4/IPv6, and Ingress Filters
for IPv6
• Support for NTPv4
Product Details
Features and Capabilities
• Non-blocking, wire-speed switching architecture.
• Integrated design that is optimized for low latency and
high Quality-of-Service (including QoS-aware Stackable
Chassis interfaces).
• Feature-rich support for conventional VLAN, Private
VLAN, Multi-Link Trunking, Spanning Tree technologies.
• Extreme Stackable Chassis technology supporting
scalability up to 8 units/416 ports, and Auto-Unit
Replacement for Software Image and Configuration.
• Extreme Fabric Connect technology supports L2
Virtual Service Networks (VSNs), IP Shortcut Routing,
IP Multicast-over-Fabric Connect, ETREE, and
Fabric Attach.
• IP Routing includes support for Static, RIP/RIPng,
OSPF, ECMP, VRRP, Routing Polices and Source-based
Routing, and PIM-SM/PIM-SSM.
High Availability Power
and Cooling
• High-availability field-replaceable, hot-swappable AC
internal Power Supplies, available in 450W and 1,400
(1,000W for 100-120V) ratings for – respectively – non-
PoE and PoE applications.
• High-availability field-replaceable Fan Trays available in
Front-to-Back or Back-to-Front airflow configuration to
match PSUs.
Warranty
• Lifetime Hardware Warranty, providing Next Business
Day shipment of replacement hardware.
• Lifetime Software Warranty, providing access to
Updates and Upgrades.
• Lifetime Basic Technical Support
• 90-Day Post-Purchase Advanced Technical Support
Software Licensing
• Base Software License: included with hardware
purchase, enables most features with the exception of
those specifically noted and enabled by the Advanced
Software License.
• Base Software + MACsec License: enables
MACsec to be enabled on Access and Uplink ports, in
addition to enabling Base features. This license is used
to police the available of MACsec and comply with
jurisdictional requirements.
• Advanced Software License: an optional accessory,
enables the following features: OSPF, VRRP, ECMP, PIM-
SM/PIM-SSM, IPv6 Routing, (IP Static Routing, RIPng)
and IP Shortcut Routing.
• Advanced Software + MACsec License: an optional
accessory, enables the following features: OSPF, VRRP,
ECMP, PIM-SM/PIM-SSM, IPv6 Routing, (IP Static
Routing, RIPng) and IP Shortcut Routing. Enables
MACsec to be enabled on Access and Uplink ports.
Country of Origin
China (PRC) for all models with the exception of the
5928MTS-uPWR which is sourced from Taiwan (ROC).
Additional Information
For further information about Extreme Ethernet Switches,
and the complete Extreme Networking portfolio, please
visit www.extremenetworks.com.
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The ERS 5928MTS-uPWR model requires a minimum of BOSS 7.4 to operate, and the ERS 59100 models require a minimum of BOSS 7.3.