Features And Benefits; Connectivity; Expandability; Performance - SMC Networks SMC6724AL2 Installation Manual

Features and Benefits

Connectivity

◆ 24 dual-speed ports for 10 or 100 Mbps Ethernet connections
◆ Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the
optimum communication mode (half or full duplex) if this feature is
supported by the attached device; otherwise the port can be configured
manually
◆ Independent RJ-45 ports with support for automatic MDI/MDI-X
◆ Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3 or
better for 10 Mbps connections and Category 5 or better for 100 Mbps
connections
◆ IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and 802.3u Fast Ethernet compliance ensures
compatibility with standards-based hubs, network cards and switches
from any vendor

Expandability

◆ Optional single-port 1000BASE-T Gigabit module
◆ Optional single-port 100BASE-FX multimode and single-mode
modules
◆ Optional single-port 1000BASE-X GBIC module that supports a
single-port 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX, or 1000BASE-ZX GBIC
transceiver.

Performance

◆ Transparent bridging
◆ Aggregate bandwidth up to 8.8 Gbps
◆ Switching Table with 8K MAC address entries
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