N Standalone Series Installation Guide 1-1
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Introduction
ThischapterprovidesanoverviewoftheEnterasysMatrixNStandalone(NSA)Series
2G4072‐52capabilities.
Overview of Enterasys Matrix N Standalone (NSA) Series
Capabilities
The2G4072‐52providesrobustfunctionality,includingthefollowing:
•Superiorperformanceandcapacitytosupportmorehigh‐bandwidthandlatency
sensitiveapplications
• 10/100/1000Base‐TXand10GigabitEthernetconnectivity
•IntegratedServicesDesignthatreducesthenumber/typeofmodulesrequired,
simplifiesnetworkdesign,andlowersentrycost
•Port‐andUser‐BasedPolicy
andMultilayerPacketClassificationthatprovides
granularcontrolandsecurityforbusiness‐criticalapplications
•High‐availabilityserviceswithstatefulfailoverforservicesandmanagement
•Self‐learningconfigurationmoduleswithincreasedreliabilityandfaulttolerancethat
reducesconfigurationtimeandmaximizesuptime
•Network‐wideconfiguration,change,andinventorymanagementthatis
easierto
install,troubleshoot,andmaintain
• Reducedsupportandmaintenancecosts,anddecreasedconfigurationtime
• SupportforavarietyofconvergedapplicationsincludingVoIPwithPower‐over‐
Ethernet