Getting To Know Your Switch; Introduction - ZyXEL Communications XS3800-28 User Manual

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Getting to Know Your Switch

This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the Switch.

1.1 Introduction

Your Switch is a stackable, layer-2, 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch supporting Multi-Gigabit. See
Section 1.1.1 on page 23 for more information about Multi-Gigabit. The Switch equips with dual AC
power supply modules, and it's ideal for SMB (Small-and-Medium-Sized Businesses) and enterprises.
You could use 10 Gigabit SFP+ slots for fiber connections to the backbone switches, and you could use
the 10 Gbps Ethernet ports for connections to other Ethernet devices requiring high-bandwidth, such as
network-attached storage (NAS), game consoles, servers, and so on.
The last four combo ports can also be used for stacking. When working in stacking mode, the Switch can
operate together with other Switches of the same model and firmware version and allows you to
remotely manage them from one switch using one single IP address.
The Switch performs full layer-2 switching features and basic layer-3 basic routing features, such as static
route (see Chapter 44 on page 432), and IGMP (see Chapter 25 on page 254).
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