Getting To Know Your Switch - ZyXEL Communications GS3700 Series User Manual

This chapt er int roduces t he m ain feat ures and applicat ions of t he Swit ch.
1.1 Introduction
Your Swit ch is a layer 2+ , Gigabit Et hernet ( GbE) swit ch wit h t wo power slot s for hot- swappable
RPS300 or RPS600- HP power m odules. The Swit ch provides four SFP or SFP+ slot s for uplink. By
int egrat ing rout er funct ions, t he Swit ch perform s wire- speed layer- 3 rout ing in addit ion t o layer- 2
swit ching.
This User 's Guide covers t he following m odels: GS3700- 24, GS3700- 24HP , GS3700- 48, GS3700-
48HP , XGS3700- 24, XGS3700- 24HP , XGS3700- 48, and XGS3700- 48HP .
Table 1 Swit ch Com parison Table
PORT/SWITCH DETAILS
24 10/ 100/ 1000Base-T
Et hernet port s
48 10/ 100/ 1000Base-T
Et hernet port s
4 1GbE SFP slot s
4 10GbE SFP+ slot s
Support s I EEE 802.3af and
I EEE 802.3at PoE st andards
Support s I EEE 802.3az EEE
Energy Efficient Et hernet
( EEE)
Wit h it s built- in web configurat or, including t he ZyXEL One Net work ( ZON) Neighbor Managem ent
feat ure ( Sect ion 5.4 on page
neighboring devices is easy. I n addit ion, t he Swit ch can also be m anaged via Telnet , any t erm inal
em ulat or program on t he console port , or t hird- part y SNMP m anagem ent .
I n addit ion, ZyXEL offers a propriet ary soft ware program called ZyXEL One Net work ( ZON) Ut ilit y, it
is a ut ilit y t ool t hat assist s you t o set up and m aint ain net work devices in a m ore sim ple and
efficient way. You can download t he ZON Ut ilit y at www.zyxel.com and inst all it on a PC. For m ore
inform at ion on ZON Ut ilit y see
See t he dat asheet for a full list of soft ware feat ures available on t he Swit ch.

Getting to Know Your Switch

GS3700- GS3700- GS3700-
24 24HP 48
49) , viewing, m anaging and configuring t he Swit ch and it s
Sect ion 5.3 on page
GS3700/XGS3700 Series User's Guide
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H A P TE R
GS3700- XGS3700 XGS3700
48HP -24 -24HP
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XGS3700 XGS3700
-48 -48HP