Bes50 Fundamentals; Switch Architecture - Nortel BES50GE-12T PWR User Manual

BES50 fundamentals

Use this information to better under the Business Ethernet Switch (BES) 50
Series switch hardware and software version 1.0.
The BES50FE-12/24T PWR and BES50GE-12/24T PWR are high
performance Web-managed switches that deliver performance and
control to your network. The BES50FE-12/24T PWR provides 12/24
full-duplex 10/100BASE-TX ports and the BES50GE-12/24T PWR provides
12/24 full-duplex 1000BASE-T ports that significantly improve network
performance and boost throughput by using switch features configured
through the Web-based user interface. With 24/48FE and 24/48GE of
throughput bandwidth, these switches provide the quickest solution to
meeting the growing demands on your network.
Ports 1 to 12 on the switches support IEEE 802.3af draft standard
(802.3af) Power over Ethernet capabilities. Each port can detect connected
802.3af-compliant network devices, such as IP Phones or wireless access
points, and automatically supply the required DC power.
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Switch architecture

The switches employ a wire-speed, nonblocking switching fabric. This
permits simultaneous wire-speed transport of multiple packets at low latency
on all ports. The switches also feature full-duplex capability on all ports,
which effectively doubles the bandwidth of each connection.
Copyright © 2006, Nortel Networks
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"Switch architecture" (page 125)
"Power over Ethernet capability" (page 126)
"Network management options" (page 126)
"Hardware components" (page 126)
"Key software features" (page 128)
"Configuration backup and restore" (page 134)
"Network planning" (page 134)
Using the Nortel Business Ethernet Switch 50 Series
NN47924-301 01.01 Standard
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