Product Brief

Key features
•Costeective100Gaggregationand10GaccesslayerforAVdeployments
andredundantspine&leaftopologies
•ZeroTouchAV-over-IPwithpre-conguredL2Multicastonallmodels
(10GAVencodersanddecoders)andSDVoE-ready
•AdvancedLayer3featuresetincludingIPMultinetting/CIDR,Static,PBR,
VRRPv2,OSPFv3,PIM-SM,VxLAN,BGP4,VRF-Lite
•Optimizedfor“SpineandLeaf”redundantAVinstallations,withorwithout
MLAGbetweenspineswitches
•Upto320TX/320RX(10Gigabit)nodesalllineratewitheachotherina
redundantspineandleafarchitecture
•2powersupplyunits(APS750W)and6redudantfantrays(AFT402)pre-
installedfor1+1powerand4+2fanredundancy
•Ultra-lowlatency(spine0.13µs@100G;leaf0.119µs@10G)andscalable
tablesize(32KMAC,8KARP,4KVLANs,32Kroutes)
Soware
•Advancedclassier-based,time-basedhardwareimplementationforL2
(MAC),L3(IP)andL4(UDP/TCP)securityandprioritization
•SelectablePort-Channel/LAG(802.3ad-802.1AX)L2/L3/L4hashingfor
faulttoleranceandloadsharingwithanyEthernetchanneling
•Upto64LinkAggregationGroups(LAG,Port-Channel,LACP)with32
portsperLAGandMulti-chassisLinkAggregation(MLAG)
•ComprehensiveIPv4/IPv6staticanddynamicroutingincludingIP
Multinetting/CIDR,PBR,VRRPv2,OSPFv3,PIM-SM6,BGP4,VRF-Lite
•EnhancedIPv4/IPv6multicastforwardingwithIGMPv3/MLDv2andIGMP
PlusenhancementattheVLANlevel
•IGMPPlusenhancedimplementationforautomaticmulticastacrossaL2
network(igmp-plus<vlan-id>easymacro-command)
•HighperformanceIPv4/IPv6multicastroutingwithPIM-SMandPIM-SM6
associatedwithunicaststaticroutes,orotherL3protocol
•AdvancedIPv4/IPv6securityincludingmaliciouscodedetection,DHCP
Snooping,IPSourceGuard,andControlPlanePolicing(CoPP)
•Priority-BasedFlowControl(PFC),DCBXBridging,EnhancedTransmission
Selection(ETS)andVXLANGatewayforserverinstallations
Availability
•Two(2)redundant,modularpowersuppliesarepre-installedcontributing
tobusinesscontinuitymanagement
•Six(6)hot-swappablefantraysarepre-installedfor4+2fanredundancy
•Spineandleafarchitecturewitheveryleafswitch(10G/25Gaccess)
connectingtoeveryspineswitch(distributed100Gcore)
•Upto48pathsECMProutingforloadbalancingandredundancy
•LinkDependencyfeatureenablesordisablesportsbasedonthelinkstate
ofdierentports
Management
•IndustrystandardSNMP,RMON,MIB,LLDP,AAA,sFlowandRSPANremote
mirroringimplementation
•Serviceportforout-of-band1GigabitEthernetmanagement(OOB)
•StandardRS232straight-throughRJ45forlocalmanagementconsole(USB
2.0toRS232converterwithPL203chipsetisadvised)
•Non-DisruptiveCongurationforapplyinganewcongurationlewithout
disruptingtheoperationofunchangedfeatures
•Industrystandardcommandlineinterface(CLI)only
NETGEAR Warranty
•M4500seriesisbackedbyaNETGEARProSAFE®LimitedLifetime
HardwareWarranty*
•LifetimeNextBusinessDayHardwareReplacement
•ProSUPPORT24x7AdvancedTechnicalSupportviaphonefor90days
(Remotediagnosticsperformedbyourtechnicalexpertsforprompt
resolutionoftechnicalissues.ProSUPPORTcoveragecanbeextendedby
purchasingone,three,orveyearcontracts)
•ProSUPPORTLifetime24x7AdvancedTechnicalSupportviachat.
Introducingtwonew,preconguredM4500100GEswitches:M4500-32CandM4500-48XF8C.ThetrendofmovingmatrixswitchingintotheEthernet
networkisacceleratingandanewclassofswitcheshascometomarket.Combiningthecongurabilityofamatrixswitchwiththepowerandscalability
ofEthernet,theysupporthundredsofAVoverIPendpoints,atapricepointdramaticallylowerthancomparablematrixswitches.TheLayer3featureset
includesstaticanddynamicroutingwithVRRP,OSPF,BGP,VRF-LiteandPIM.RemovingtheneedforPIMrouting,thesenewswitchesoerIGMPPlusand
greatlysimplifysystemarchitectureswiththesamewell-knownIGMPtechniquesacrosstheentireAVoverIPnetworkwhilestilloperatingatLayer2.
InstallersoptingtouseM4500-48XF8Cswitchintheirinstallationwillndthatitisalreadypreconguredoutofthebox.Itcomeswith4810GFiberports
with8100GuplinkportswithtrueAVandmulticastZeroTouchnetworkconguration.ConnectAVoverIPencodersanddecoders,andpoweronthe
switch.Itjustworks!ThenusetheM4500-32Cswitchtoaggregatetheedgeswitchesforacompletesetupinlargeprojectsupto320x320SDVoE(10Gb)
devicesinasinglearchitecture.
M4500 series
100GE-Enabled Managed Switches