ZyXEL Communications XGS4700 Series Specifications

Build a High Availability, Robust and Reliable Network—
Meet the Challenge of Virtualization
• High performance switching
• IPv4/IPv6 routing
• L3 advanced routing protocols,
OSPF, DVMRP, VRRP and ECMP
• Optional modular 10 Gigabit
Ethernet support
• Integrated Security
■ Multilayer-aware (L2/L3/L4) ACL
for security protection and traffi c
optimization
■ Guest VLAN
• Advanced services
■ IGMP Snooping v1, v2, v3, MVR
■ sFlow, CPU protection
• High Availability
■ RSTP, MSTP, MRSTP, VRRP
■ Removable fan and power
modules (XGS4700-48F)
XGS4700 Series
XGS4500 Series
24/48-port GbE L3 Switch
with 10GbE Uplink
The ZyXEL XGS Series of L3 switches enable enterprise and SMB businesses to deploy high
availability networks to meet the need to migrate to a virtualized and consolidated solution.
The evolution to the virtualized network meets the increasing demands in server utilization and
availability within the business today. The XGS4700 and XGS4500 Series compliments the network
infrastructure of virtualization as both Series deliver not only robust, reliable enterprise-class
L2/L3 switch features but are also designed to accomplish high-availability routing for better
utilization of network bandwidth.
The ZyXEL XGS4700 Series consists of two models: XGS-4728F and XGS4700-48F. The XGS-4728F
off ers 24 dual-personality 1000BASE-T copper/SFP fi ber ports, 2 built-in 12G Gigabit CX4 stacking
interfaces and 1 open slot for the optional 10G Gigabit EM-422/412 uplink module which supports
up to 2 10G transceivers. The XGS4700-48F off ers 48 SFP Gigabit Ethernet ports plus 2 open slots
for 2 10G Gigabit EM-422/412 uplink modules which support up to 4 10G transceivers.
The ZyXEL XGS4500 Series consists of two models: XGS-4528F and XGS-4526. Similar to the XGS-
4728F, the XGS-4528F off ers 24 Gigabit dual-personality ports along with 2 built-in 12G Gigabit
stacking interfaces and 1 open slot for the optional 10G Gigabit EM-422/412 uplink module
which supports up to 2 10G transceivers, while the XGS-4526 provides 20 Gigabit Ethernet ports,
4 Gigabit dual-personality ports and 1 open slot for the optional 10G Gigabit EM-422/412 uplink
module which supports up to 2 10G transceivers.
Benefi ts
High-performance IPv6 and IPv4 routing
The ZyXEL XGS4700/XGS4500 Series provides businesses with a smooth migration path from IPv4 based
networks to a full IPv6 infrastructure, providing investment protection for future network upgrades
when a larger installation of connected devices is required. The XGS4700/XGS4500 Series utilizes the
latest design technology to provide wire speed communication and full-dynamic IP routing features
such as RIP, RIPv2 and OSPF as well as special features such as equal-cost, multi-path routing (ECMP)
which load balances network traffi c across multiple paths through the network that have the same
costing. Packets can be delivered to the same device through diff erent routing paths by designating
the equal costs. Businesses can adopt basic static routing technology such as RIP and RIPv2 for small
network routing applications or advanced routing protocols such as OSPF and ECMP for load balancing.
These protocols are a critical part in the creation of fully resilient scalable networks.