NETGEAR GC728X Hardware Installation Manual page 17

Applications
The switch is designed to provide flexibility in configuring network connections. The switch can be used as an
aggregation switch in a larger network or as a backbone switch in a small office or home office network to support
10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1 Gbps Ethernet and fiber routers, switches, and hubs and to support 10G high-speed
devices and uplinks over fiber or copper. You can connect PoE and PoE+ devices (model GC728XP) and
non-PoE devices (model GC728X and model GC728XP) directly to the switch.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Aggregation and Backbone Switching
• PoE Overview
• Aggregation and Backbone Switching With PoE
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