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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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