Netgear M6100 Hardware Installation Guide - Page 6

M6100 - Campus Edge and SMB Core Chassis Switch, Blades, and Daughter Cards Overview of the M6100 chassis switch The switch is a chassis-based, Ethernet service L3 switch designed for access, server and storage, distribution, and core layer applications. The features of this switch include the following: • Hot-swappable blades that include Gigabit Ethernet copper ports (10/100/1000) and Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports (SFP), or 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports (SFP+ and 10GBASE-T) • Supervisory capability that provides the active switching fabric and CPU control subsystem • Redundant, load-sharing, hot-swappable power supplies • Field-replaceable, hot-swappable fan trays • Autonegotiation for half-duplex or full-duplex operation on 10/100/1000 Mbps ports • Load sharing on multiple ports The switch blades for the M6100 Switch Chasis provide high port density and scalability for midsized networks. The specific capabilities of the switch are determined by the switch blades installed in the chassis. For more information about individual switch blades, see Chapter 2, M6100 Switch Blades. For more information about configuring a switch, see the M5300, M6100, and M7100 Series Managed Switches User Manual and the M5300, M6100, and M7100 Series ProSAFE Managed Switches CLI Command Reference Manual. Management ports Each switch blade includes a 10/100/1000BASE-TX Ethernet management port. This port allows you to communicate directly with the central processing unit (CPU) of the switch. You can plug an Ethernet cable directly from your laptop into the management port for direct access into the switch. This access allows you to view and locally manage the switch configurations. M6100 three-slot chassis switch XCM8903 The chassis includes the following physical features: • One three-slot chassis with backplane • Power supply bay that accommodates up to four power supplies, accessed from the front of the unit About the M6100 Chassis Switch 6 M6100 Hardware Installation Guide