Contents
Overview................................................................................................................................................ 5
Additional references ............................................................................................................................... 5
Features.................................................................................................................................................. 6
Enterprise class performance ................................................................................................................ 6
Diagnostic tools .................................................................................................................................. 8
GbE2 Interconnect Switches ............................................................................................................... 12
Redundant crosslinks ......................................................................................................................... 12
Supported technologies .......................................................................................................................... 12
Layer 2 switching .............................................................................................................................. 12
Spanning Tree Protocol ...................................................................................................................... 13
Port mirroring ................................................................................................................................... 13
Bootstrap Protocol ............................................................................................................................. 14
Network Time Protocol....................................................................................................................... 14
XModem.......................................................................................................................................... 15
Jumbo frames ................................................................................................................................... 15
Auto-MDI/MDIX................................................................................................................................ 15
External components .............................................................................................................................. 16
Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 21
Installation guidelines ........................................................................................................................ 21
Default settings ................................................................................................................................. 24
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