About The Switch 5500; Summary Of Hardware Features; Switch 5500 Family - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Getting Started Manual

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About the Switch
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Summary of
Hardware Features
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The Switch 5500 Family are mixed media devices which consist of:
24 or 48 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports
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4 1000BASE-X SFP ports
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1 RJ-45 connector for serial management
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1 unearthed 48V DC Redundant Power System Input
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The Switch 5500 Family provides high-performance workgroups with a
backbone to server connection. You can also add the Switch 5500 Family
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to any SuperStack system as your network grows.
For information about using the software features of the Switch, refer to
the "Command Reference Guide" on the CD-ROM that accompanies the
Switch.
Table 3 summarizes the hardware features that are supported by the
Switch 5500.
Table 3 Hardware Features
Feature
Addresses
Auto-negotiation
Forwarding Modes
Duplex Modes
Auto MDI/MDIX
Flow Control
Traffic Prioritization
Ethernet Ports
SFP Ethernet Ports
RPS Support
Mounting
XRN
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Switch 5500
Up to 16,000 supported
Supported on all ports
Store and Forward
Half and full duplex on all front panel ports
Supported on all ports. If fiber SFP transceivers are
used, Auto MDIX is not supported.
In full duplex operation all ports are supported
Supported (using the IEEE Std 802.ID, 1998 Edition):
Eight traffic queues per port
Auto-negotiating 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports
Supports fiber Gigabit Ethernet short-wave (SX),
long-wave (LX), long-haul (LH70) and copper (T)
transceivers in any combination.
Connects to unearthed 48v DC supply
19-inch rack or stand-alone mounting
Up to eight units can be managed as a single unit
with one IP address.