Installation; Product Description - Planet GSW-1601 User Manual

2. INSTALLATION

This section describes the functionalities of the Gigabit Ethernet
Switch's components and guides how to install it on the desktop.
Basic knowledge of networking is assumed. Please read this chapter
completely before continuing.

2.1 Product Description

The PLANET GSW-2401/GSW-1601 is 10/100/1000Mbps Gigabit
Ethernet switch with 24/16 ports respectively, and non-blocking
wire-speed performance. With a 48/32Gbps internal switching fabric,
the GSW-2401/GSW-1601 can handle extremely large amounts of
data in a secure topology linking to a backbone or high capacity
servers. The GSW-2401/GSW-1601 has 8K MAC Address table and
provides 400KB/272KB buffer memory. The GSW-2401/
GSW-1601offers wire-speed packets transfer performance without
risk of packet loss. The high data throughput of
GSW-2401/GSW-1601 makes it ideal for most Gigabit environments,
especially while network upgrades to a Gigabit environment.
All RJ-45 copper interfaces support 10/100/1000Mbps
Auto-Negotiation for optimal speed detection through RJ-45 Category
6, 5 or 5e cables. Support is standard for Auto-MDI/MDI-X that can
detect the type of connection to any Ethernet device without requiring
special straight or crossover cables.
The Flow Control function allows your Gigabit switch supported
routers and servers to directly connect to this switch for fast, reliable
data transfer.