Gigabit Ethernet Switch User's Guide
Ports
♦ Four Gigabit Ethernet ports of fixed 1000BASE-SX multi-
mode fiber interface.
♦ RS-232 DCE console port for diagnosing the Switch via a
connection to a PC and Console/Out-of-band management.
Performance features
♦ Store and forward switching scheme capability to support
rate adaptation and protocol conversion.
♦ Full duplex to allow two communicating stations to transmit
and receive at the same time.
♦ Data forwarding rate 1,488,100 pps per port at 100% of wire-
speed for 1000Mbps speed.
♦ Data filtering rate eliminates all error packets, runts, etc. at
1,488,100 pps per port at 100% of wire-speed for 1000Mbps
speed.
♦ 12K active MAC address entry table per device with
automatic learning and aging.
♦ 12 MB packet buffer per device.
♦ Supports broadcast storm rate filtering.
Management
♦ RS-232 console port for out-of-band network management
via a PC.
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Introduction