Planet Technology WGSD-8000 - Manual (Page 18)

User’s Manual of WGSD-1022/WGSD-8000
- 18 –
2. INSTALLATION
This section describes the functionalities of the Switch's components and guides how to install it on the desktop or shelf. Basic
knowledge of networking is assumed. Please read this chapter completely before continuing.
2.1 Product Description
The PLANET WGSD-Series are Full Managed Desktop Switches with gigabit interfaces equipped. It boasts a high performance
switch architecture that is capable of providing non-blocking switch fabric and wire-speed throughput as high as 5.6Gbps and
16Gbps. Its two built-in SFP/mini-GBIC slots also offer incredible extensibility, flexibility and connectivity to the Core switch or
Servers.
2.1.1 Product Overview
PLANET WGSD-Switch is loaded with powerful traffic management and QoS features to enhance services offered by telcos. It
provides 4 priority queues per port for different types of traffics, allowing administrators to set policies for classified filtering and
rule-based rate limitation. The WGSD-Switch prioritizes applications with WFQ (Weighted Fair Queuing) scheduling algorithm to
allocate more bandwidth to key traffics such as voice transmission, empowering the enterprise to take full advantages of the
limited network resources and guarantee the best performance.
PLANET WGSD-Switch offers comprehensive Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing security to the edge. Its protection
mechanisms comprised of port-based 802.1x user and device authentication. The administrators can now construct highly
secured corporate networks with time and effort considerably less then before.
With its built-in web-based management, the PLANET WGSD-Switch offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management
and configuration facility. The PLANET WGSD-Switch supports standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and
can be managed via any standard-based management software. For text-based management, the WGSD-Switch can also be
accessed via Telnet and the console port. For secure remote management, the WGSD-Switch support SSL and SSH
connection which encrypt the packet content at each session.
2.1.2 Switch Front Panel
Figure 2-1 and Figure 2-2 shows the front panel of WGSD-1022 and WGSD-8000.
mini-GBIC
G1 G2
G1/G2
mini-GBIC
38400, N, 8, 1 Intelligent 8-Port 10/100Mbps+2 Gigabit Ethernet Switch
1 3 5 7 4 2 6 8 9 10
PWR
LNK/ACT
100
LNK/ACT
1000
9 10
Figure 2-1 WGSD-1022 front panel.