Chapter 1 Hardware Overview Of The Switch - NETGEAR GS810EMX User Manual

Hardware Overview of the Switch
The NETGEAR Nighthawk
(GS810EMX), in this manual referred to as the switch, provides high-speed (up to 10G) and high-performance
switching for multiplayer, online, or VR gaming and 4K resolution HD and UHD (ultra-high-definition) television
media streaming.
To facilitate traffic segmentation, you can group ports in VLANs using either port-based or 802.1Q criteria. With
one click you can optimize settings for gaming, media steaming, and standard networking, but you can also
manually optimize Quality of Service (QoS) and set up prioritization and rate limiting for individual ports. You
can view upload and download times for individual gaming devices and block or give high priority to any such
devices. The switch supports IGMP snooping for multicast operation and link aggregation for a connection to
link aggregation–enabled devices such as ReadyNAS.
The chapter contains the following sections:
• Related Documentation
• Switch Package Contents
• Status LEDs
• Back Panel
• Switch Label
Note For more information about the topics that are covered in this manual, visit the support website
at netgear.com/support.
Note Firmware updates with new features and bug fixes are made available from time to time at
downloadcenter.netgear.com. You can check for and download new firmware manually. If
the features or behavior of your product does not match what is described in this guide, you
might need to update your firmware.
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