Netgear XSM4324FS Hardware Installation Guide - Page 8

M4300 Intelligent Edge Series Fully Managed Stackable Switches With these switches, you can create high-speed connections to a server or network backbone. For example, you can do the following: • Connect switches to each other with high-speed links • Link to high-speed servers • Provide 10G/1G/100M copper and 10G/1G fiber connectivity • Connect up to eight switches in a stack to create a high-port-capacity solution with a single point of administration The switch can be freestanding, stacked with other switches, or rack-mounted in a wiring closet or equipment room. The switch is IEEE compliant and offers low latency for high-speed networking. All ports can automatically negotiate to the highest speed, which makes the switch also suitable for environments with a mix of Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 10-Gigabit Ethernet devices. For 10 and 100 Mbps speeds, the ports can operate in half-duplex or full-duplex mode. For 1G and 10G speeds, the ports always operate in full-duplex mode. For certain models, some limitations exist for half-duplex mode (see RJ-45 ports, including 10GBASE-T RJ-45 ports on page 40). Hardware features The switch includes the following key hardware features: • Traffic ports in various configurations: - Full 10G models: - Eight, twelve, or twenty-four independent 10GBASE-T autosensing ports and eight, twelve, or twenty-four independent 10GBASE-X SFP+ ports - Sixteen independent 10GBASE-T PoE+ autosensing ports - 1G/10G models with 10G uplinks: - Twenty-four or forty-eight 1000BASE-T autosensing ports, two dedicated 10GBASE-T ports, and two dedicated 10GBASE-X SFP+ ports - Twenty-four or forty-eight 1000BASE-T PoE+ autosensing ports, two dedicated 10GBASE-T ports, and two dedicated 10GBASE-X SFP+ ports Introduction 8 Hardware Installation Guide