Cisco 2950T 48 SI Hardware Installation Guide - Page 21
Product Overview, Features - port switch
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CH A P T E R 1 Product Overview This chapter provides these topics that describe the Catalyst 2900 series XL switches, hereafter referred to as the switches. • Switch features, including management options • Descriptions of the front and rear panels • Descriptions of the LEDs Features The switches are stackable 10/100 Ethernet switches to which you can connect workstations, Cisco IP Phones, and other network devices such as servers, routers, and other switches. The 2900 XL LRE switches employ Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE), a very-high-data-rate digital subscriber line (VDSL)-based technology that allows an Ethernet network to reach distances up to 4921 feet (1500 meters). The switches can be deployed as backbone switches, aggregating 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet traffic from other network devices. The Catalyst 2900 XL switches have these features: • Autonegotiates speed and duplex operation on all 10/100 ports • Operates in full-duplex mode on all 100BASE-FX ports • Checks for errors on a received packet, determines the destination port, stores the packet in shared memory, and then forwards the packet to the destination port 78-6461-04 Catalyst 2900 Series XL Hardware Installation Guide 1-1