Chapter 1. Introduction; About The Switch - Planet FGSW-008 User Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction

1-1 About the Switch

Congratulations on purchasing the Chassis Switch FGSW-008. The
Switch is a combination of 8 slot host cabinet which can optional a
lot of kinds of media modules to fit your networking needs. A
maximum 64X 10/100 Base-TX switched ports can be achieved
using 8X 8 port 10/100Base-TX switch module.
By providing 8 G-Link bus interfaces in the base unit, the user has
the freedom to arrange any module in any slot giving the ultimate in
flexibility. Switch features store-and-forward switching scheme.
Every module has its own 12K-entry MAC address to store source
address. The backplane of the Switch can reach up to 19.2Gbps as to
improving network performance.
Figure 1-1. The Switch