Chapter 1: Introduction; Overview; Switch Architecture; Figure 1-1. Front And Rear Panels - Enterasys Matrix-V V2H124-24 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 1: Introduction

Overview

The Matrix V-Series V2H124-24 switch is a stackable Fast Ethernet switch with 24
10BASE-T / 100BASE-TX ports and two ports for 100BASE-FX, 1000BASE-T, or
combination 1000BASE-T/SFP uplink modules, or a stacking module. The
V2H124-24 also includes an SNMP-based management agent, which provides both
in-band and out-of-band access for managing the switch.
The V2H124-24 provides a broad range of powerful features for Layer 2 switching,
delivering reliability and consistent performance for your network traffic. It brings
order to poorly performing networks by segregating them into separate broadcast
domains with IEEE 802.3Q compliant VLANs, and empowers multimedia
applications with multicast switching and CoS services.
10/100M RJ-45 Ports
Port Indicators
System Indicators
Serial Console Port Module Slots
Power Socket
Redundant Power Connector

Figure 1-1. Front and Rear Panels

Switch Architecture

The V2H124-24 employs a wire-speed, non-blocking switching fabric. This permits
simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low latency on all ports.
The switch also features full-duplex capability on all ports, which effectively doubles
the bandwidth of each connection.
The V2H124-24 uses store-and-forward switching to ensure maximum data integrity.
With store-and-forward switching, the entire packet must be received into a buffer
and checked for validity before being forwarded. This prevents errors from being
propagated throughout the network.
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