3Com 9000 SX Switch User Manual


 
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SWITCH 9000 OVERVIEW
This chapter describes the following:
Switch 9000 features
How to use the Switch 9000 in your network configuration
Switch 9000 front view
Switch 9000 rear view
Factory default settings
About the Switch
9000
Network managers are currently faced with the challenge of creating
networks that can provide high-speed and high performance to serve
the needs of today’s network users.
Part of the 3Com SuperStack
®
II range of products, the Switch 9000
provides switching between multiple Gigabit Ethernet ports.
Summary of
Features
The Switch 9000 has the following features:
Eight Gigabit Ethernet ports
Support for 12,000 addresses in the Switch forwarding database
Fully nonblocking operation
All ports transmit and receive packets at wire speed
Full duplex operation
4Mb packet memory
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