GE ML1200 Switch User Manual


 
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION
MULTILINK ML1200 MANAGED FIELD SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL 1–3
1.3 Specifications
PERFORMANCE
Filtering / Forwarding Rate:...............................................................Ethernet(10Mb):14,880 pps
Fast Ethernet(100Mb): 148,800 pps
Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mb): 1, 488,000
pps
Switching Processing Type:...............................................................Store and Forward with IEEE 802.3x
full-duplex flow -control, non-blocking
Data Rate: .................................................................................................10Mbps,100Mbps and 1000Mbps
Address Table Capacity: .....................................................................4K node, self-learning with address
aging
Packet buffer size : ...............................................................................240KB for 10/100 and 120KB for
1000Mb
Latency: .....................................................................................................5 μs + packet time (100 to 100Mbps)
15 μs + packet time (10 to 10 Mbps,
and 10 to 100Mbps)
Throughput with 12 10/100 and 2Glink max:...........................4.76M pps (Transmit)
Back plane:................................................................................................2.66Gb/s per slot
NETWORK STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE, HARDWARE
Ethernet V1.0/V2.0 IEEE 802.3: ........................................................10BASE-T,
IEEE 802.3u: ..............................................................................................100Base-TX, 100BASE-FX
IEEE 802.3z: ..............................................................................................1000BASE-X Ethernet (Auto-
negotiation)
IEEE 802.3ab: ...........................................................................................1000BASE-X Ethernet
IEEE 802.1p: ..............................................................................................Priority protocol
IEEE 802.1d: ..............................................................................................Spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1w: .............................................................................................Rapid Spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1q: ..............................................................................................VLAN Tagging
IEEE 802.3x:...............................................................................................Flow Control
IEEE 802.3ad: ...........................................................................................Link Aggregation (Trunking)
IEEE 802.1x: ..............................................................................................Port based Network access control
IEEE 802.3af: ............................................................................................Power over Ethernet
MAXIMUM 10 MBPS ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS
Unshielded twisted pair......................................................................100 m (328 ft)
Shielded twisted pair:...........................................................................150 m (492 ft)
10BASE-FL multi-mode fiber optic:................................................2 km (6,562 ft)
10BASE-FL single-mode fiber optic:..............................................10 km (32,810 ft)
MAXIMUM STANDARD FAST ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS:
10BASE-T (CAT 3, 4, 5 UTP): ................................................................100 m (328 ft)
100BASE-TX (CAT 5 UTP):.....................................................................100 m (328 ft)
Shielded twisted pair:...........................................................................150 m (492 ft)
100BASE-FX, half-duplex, multi-mode:........................................412 m (1350 ft)
100BASE-FX, full-duplex, multi-mode:..........................................2.0 km (6,562 ft)
100BASE-FX, half-duplex, single-mode:......................................412 m (1350 ft)
100BASE-FX, full-duplex, single-mode:.......................................20.0 km (66K ft)
100BASE-FX, full-duplex, Long Reach:.........................................40.0 km (132K ft)
MAXIMUM STANDARD GIGABIT ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS:
1000BASE-T (CAT5e or higher is recommended):....................100 m (328 ft)
1000BASE-SX, full-duplex, multi-mode(62.5μm cable):........220m