3Com 1000 - Manual (Page 9)

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About the Switch 1000
Part of 3Com’s SuperStack ® II range of products,
the Switch 1000 is designed to overcome the
common problem of insufficient bandwidth for
today’s growing network applications, while provid-
ing low-cost, high performance networking with
little need for configuration. Use the Switch 1000 to
provide your users with greater bandwidth, faster
throughput and high speed links.
The SuperStack II Switch 1000 is a revision of the
LinkSwitch 1000.
Summary of Features
The Switch 1000 has the following features:
■ 12 or 24 Ethernet 10BASE-T ports
■ Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX port
■ Plug-in Module slot (Asynchronous Transfer
Mode (ATM) and Fast Ethernet)
■ Transceiver Module slot (10Mbps Ethernet)
■ Support for up to 500 endstations, unlimited sta-
tions on backbone port
■ Four forwarding modes for packets
■ Intelligent Flow Management for congestion
control
■ Full duplex on all fixed Ethernet and Fast Ethernet
ports, and Fast Ethernet Plug-in Module ports
■ Security
■ Resilient Links
■ Support for 16 Virtual LANs (VLANs)
■ Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) per VLAN
■ PACE (Priority Access Control Enabled) for sup-
porting multimedia applications over Ethernet
■ 3Com’s SuperStack II architecture:
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Connects to Redundant Power System
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Integrated network management
■
19-inch rack or stand-alone mounting
■ SmartAgent support:
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IP and IPX management over SNMP
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RMON
■
Repeater and Bridge MIB
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Broadcast storm control
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Easy software upgrades
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BOOTP for automatic IP address configuration
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Local management