Features And Benefits - Nortel BayStack 325-24G Specifications

Figure 1. BayStack 325-24T Switch
Figure 2. BayStack 325-24G Switch
Figure 3. Small/medium business solution
Distributed
Multi-Link
Trunking
Passport 1612G Switch
Multi-Link
Trunking
Servers
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Combining small rack space with low per-port pricing for a cost-effective switching solu-
tion, the BayStack 325 Switches are designed for the requirements of small to medium-
sized businesses and branch offices that consider price to be a predominant decision factor
when acquiring networking functionality such as:
• Desktop switching
• Ease of management
• Easy set-up
The BayStack 325 Switches are available in two standalone, compact 1 rack-unit (1U) size
models—the BayStack 325-24T Switch (Figure 1) and the BayStack 325-24G Switch
(Figure 2).
The BayStack 325-24T Switch has 24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX auto-sensing ports. The
BayStack 325-24G Switch has 24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX auto-sensing ports plus 2
10/100/1000BASE-T ports for uplink connectivity to servers or backbone switches.
Advanced features such as Multi-Link Trunking (MLT), IGMP Snooping, VLAN Trunking,
and flexible management tools help you to efficiently manage your network traffic (Figure 3).

Features and benefits

Full auto-sensing on every port
Every UTP port on the BayStack 325 Switches is equipped with auto-sensing technology to
automatically detect and support the speed and mode of a connected device. The ports deter-
mine whether a connected device is operating at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps, and automatically
adjust to the optimal speed. Each of the switched ports can also automatically detect and
support full-duplex connections to servers, power-user end stations or other switches, as
well as half-duplex connections to legacy network interface cards (NICs) or hubs.
BayStack 425 Switches
10/100 Mbps
connections
BayStack 325-24G Switch
Network center
High-speed uplink ports
The BayStack 325-24G Switch provides
two 10/100/1000BASE-T ports in the
front of the unit that provides high-speed
connections to backbone switches or servers.
Floor 3
Wire-speed throughput
A 16-Gigabit per second (Gbps) switching
fabric and ASICS support full 802.1d-
compliant MAC Layer frame forwarding
and filtering across all ports at wire-speed
Floor 2
performance. The BayStack 325-24T Switch
has a peak forwarding rate of 3.6 million
packets per second and the BayStack 325-
24G Switch has a peak forwarding rate of
6.6 million packets per second.
BoSS (BayStack operating system
Switching Software)
BoSS for BayStack 325 Switches is a single
software image that is used for both BayStack
325 Switch models. The software image
provides new features and will be available
for free for the lifetime of the switches. Only
a single image needs to be downloaded