Introduction; L2 Managed Features - Asus GigaX 2008EX User Manual

1 Introduction

Congratulations on becoming the owner of the ASUS GigaX2008EX L2 managed
switch! You may now manage your LAN (local area network) through a friendly
and powerful user interface.
This user guide tells you how to set up GigaX2008EX, and how to customize its
configuration to get the most out of this product.

1.1 L2 managed features

• Eight 10/100 Base-TX auto-sensing Fast Ethernet ports
• One 10/100/1000Base-T auto-sensing gigabit Ethernet switching port
• One small form factor (SFP) Gigabit interface converter (GBIC) slots
• Automatic MDI/MDIX support for 10/100Base-TX and 10/100/1000Base-T
ports
• 8K MAC address cache with hardware-assisted aging
• 802.3x flow control
• 802.1Q-based tagged VLAN, up to 256 VLANs
• 802.1p class of service, 4 queues per port
• 802.3ad link aggregation (manual), up to 15 trunk groups
• Port Mirroring
• 802.1x port-based network access control
• RADIUS remote authentication dial-in user service
• RMON: support 4 groups (1, 2, 3, 9)
• SNMP v1, v2
• MIB-II
• Enterprise MIB for PSU, fan, and system temperature, voltage
• Telnet remote login
• FTP for firmware update and configuration backup
• Syslog.
• Command Line Interpreter through console and telnet
• Web GUI
• LEDs for port link status
• LEDs for system and fan status
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