Getting To Know Your Switch; Introduction - ZyXEL Communications xg3700 series User Manual

This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the Switch.

1.1 Introduction

Your Switch is a layer 2+, Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch with two power slots for hot-swappable
RPS300 or RPS600-HP power modules. The Switch provides four SFP or SFP+ slots for uplink. By
integrating router functions, the Switch performs wire-speed layer-3 routing in addition to layer-2
switching.
This User's Guide covers the following models: GS3700-24, GS3700-24HP, GS3700-48, GS3700-
48HP, XGS3700-24, XGS3700-24HP, XGS3700-48, and XGS3700-48HP.
Table 1 Switch Comparison Table
PORT/SWITCH DETAILS
24 10/100/1000Base-T
Ethernet ports
48 10/100/1000Base-T
Ethernet ports
4 1GbE SFP slots
4 10GbE SFP+ slots
Supports IEEE 802.3af and
IEEE 802.3at PoE standards
Supports IEEE 802.3az EEE
Energy Efficient Ethernet
(EEE)
With its built-in web configurator, including the ZyXEL One Network (ZON) Neighbor Management
feature (Section 5.4 on page
neighboring devices is easy. In addition, 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
See the datasheet for a full list of software features available on the Switch.

Getting to Know Your Switch

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