Chapter 2 Introduction; Overview Of The Switch; Main Features; Appearance Description - TP-Link TL-SG2216 User Manual

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2.1 Overview of the Switch

Designed for workgroups and departments, TL-SG2216/TL-SG2424/TL-SG2424P/TL-SG2452
from TP-LINK provides wire-speed performance and full set of layer 2 management features. It
provides a variety of service features and multiple powerful functions with high security.
The EIA-standardized framework and smart configuration capacity can provide flexible solutions
for a variable scale of networks. QoS and IGMP snooping/filtering optimize voice and video
application. Link aggregation (LACP) increase aggregated bandwidth, optimizing the transport of
business critical data. SNMP, RMON, WEB/CLI/Telnet Log-in bring abundant management
policies. TL-SG2216/TL-SG2424/TL-SG2424P/TL-SG2452 switch integrates multiple functions
with excellent performance, and is friendly to manage, which can fully meet the need of the users
demanding higher networking performance.

2.2 Main Features

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Resiliency and Availability
+ IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree provides high link availability in multiple VLAN
environments.
+ Multicast snooping automatically prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic.
+ Root Guard protects root bridge from malicious attack or configuration mistakes

Layer 2 Switching
+ Supports up to 512 VLANs simultaneously (out of 4K VLAN IDs).

Quality of Service
+ Supports L2/L3 granular CoS with 4 priority queues per port.
+ Rate limiting confines the traffic flow accurately according to the preset value.
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Manageability
+ Supports Telnet, CLI, SNMP v1/v2c/v3, RMON and web access.
+ Port Mirroring enables monitoring selected ingress/egress traffic.

2.3 Appearance Description

2.3.1 Front Panel

The front panel of TL-SG2216 is shown as Figure 2-1.

Chapter 2 Introduction

Figure 2-1 Front Panel of TL-SG2216
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