Features and benefits, Connectivity, Performance – Foundry Networks OSI User Manual

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EATURES

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ENEFITS

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Features and Benefits

Connectivity

◆ 48 dual-speed ports for easy Fast Ethernet integration and for

protection of your investment in legacy LAN equipment

◆ Two 10/100/1000BASE-T auto-sensing Gigabit Ethernet switching ports

that operate in combination with

two Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP)

transceiver slots

◆ Auto-negotiation enables each RJ-45 port to automatically select the

optimum communication mode (half or full duplex) if this feature is
supported by the attached device; otherwise the port can be configured
manually

◆ Independent RJ-45 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX ports with support for

auto MDI/MDI-X

◆ Unshielded (UTP) cable supported on all RJ-45 ports: Category 3, 4 or

5 for 10 Mbps connections, Category 5 for 100 Mbps connections, and
Category 5, 5e, or 6 for 1000 Mbps connections

◆ IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3z, and IEEE 802.3ab compliant

Performance

◆ Transparent bridging

◆ Provides Store-and-Forward switching

◆ Supports flow control, using back pressure for half duplex and IEEE

802.3x for full duplex

◆ Auto MDI/MDIX support for the 10/100/1000BASE-T ports

◆ Up to 8K-entry, media access control (MAC) address cache

◆ Broadcast storm control