Features And Benefits; Connectivity; Performance; Management - Enterasys V2H124-24P Hardware Installation Manual

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Introduction

Features and Benefits

Connectivity

• 24 dual-speed ports for easy Fast Ethernet integration and for protection of your
investment in legacy LAN equipment
• All 10/100 RJ-45 ports support IEEE 802.3af standard Power-over-Ethernet
• Two Gigabit combination ports—use either 10/100/1000BASE-T RJ-45 port or
Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) transceiver slot
• Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the optimum
communication mode (half or full duplex), if this feature is supported for the
attached device
• Independent RJ-45 10/100BASE-TX ports with auto MDI/MDI-X
• 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 5, 5e or 6 for 1000 Mbps connections
• IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3z, and IEEE 802.3ab compliant

Performance

• Transparent bridging
• Aggregate duplex bandwidth of up to 8.8 Gbps
• Switching table with a total of 8K MAC address entries
• Store-and-Forward switching
• Wire-speed filtering and forwarding
• Supports flow control, using back pressure for half duplex and IEEE 802.3x for full
duplex
• Auto MDI/MDIX on all 10/100BASE-TX ports
• Provides Head-of-Line blocking
• Broadcast storm control
• Desktop or rack-mountable
• Stacking capability for up to eight units

Management

• "At-a-glance" LEDs for easy troubleshooting
• Network management agent:
- Manages switch in-band or out-of-band
- Supports Telnet, SNMP/RMON and web-based interface
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