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GS2210 Series User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 1
Getting to Know Your Switch
1.1 Introduction
This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the Switch. The GS2210 Series consists of
the following models:
• GS2210-8
• GS2210-8HP
• GS2210-24
• GS2210-24HP
• GS2210-24LP
• GS2210-48
• GS2210-48HP
Referring to PoE model(s) in this User's Guide only applies to GS2210-8HP, GS2210-24HP, GS2210-24LP and
GS2210-48HP.
The Switch is a layer-2 standalone Ethernet switch with additional features suitable for Ethernet.
With its built-in web configurator, including the Zyxel One Network (ZON) Neighbor Management feature
(Section 7.4 on page 64), viewing, managing and configuring the Switch and its neighboring devices is
easy. The Switch can also be managed via Telnet, any terminal emulator program on the console port,
or third-party SNMP management.
In addition, Zyxel offers a proprietary software program called Zyxel One Network (ZON) Utility, it is a
utility tool that assists you to set up and maintain network devices in a more simple and efficient way.
You can download the ZON Utility at www.zyxel.com and install it on a PC. For more information on ZON
Utility see Section 7.3 on page 63.
The following table describes the port features of the Switch by model.
The following table shows which firmware version supports ZON and Smart Connect for each Switch. The
firmware on each Switch is identified by the firmware trunk version, followed by a unique model code
Table 1 Models and Port Features
SWITCH MODEL PORT FEATURES
GS2210-8 and GS2210-
8HP
• 8 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports
• 2 GbE dual personality interfaces
GS2210-24, GS2210-24HP
and GS2210-24LP
• 24 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports
• 4 GbE dual personality interfaces
GS2210-48 and GS2210-
48HP
• 44 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports
• 4 GbE dual personality interfaces
•2 SFP interfaces