Nortel BayStack 325-24G Specifications

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Combining small rack space with low per-port pricing for a cost-effective switching solu-tion, the BayStack 325 Switches are designed for the requirements of small to medium-sized businesses and branch offices that consider price to be a predominant decision factorwhen acquiring networking functionality such as:• Desktop switching• Ease of management• Easy set-upThe BayStack 325 Switches are available in two standalone, compact 1 rack-unit (1U) sizemodels—the BayStack 325-24T Switch (Figure 1) and the BayStack 325-24G Switch(Figure 2).The BayStack 325-24T Switch has 24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX auto-sensing ports. TheBayStack 325-24G Switch has 24 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX auto-sensing ports plus 210/100/1000BASE-T ports for uplink connectivity to servers or backbone switches.Advanced features such as Multi-Link Trunking (MLT), IGMP Snooping, VLAN Trunking,and flexible management tools help you to efficiently manage your network traffic (Figure 3).Features and benefitsFull auto-sensing on every portEvery UTP port on the BayStack 325 Switches is equipped with auto-sensing technology toautomatically detect and support the speed and mode of a connected device. The ports deter-mine whether a connected device is operating at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps, and automaticallyadjust to the optimal speed. Each of the switched ports can also automatically detect andsupport full-duplex connections to servers, power-user end stations or other switches, aswell as half-duplex connections to legacy network interface cards (NICs) or hubs.High-speed uplink portsThe BayStack 325-24G Switch providestwo 10/100/1000BASE-T ports in thefront of the unit that provides high-speedconnections to backbone switches or servers.Wire-speed throughputA 16-Gigabit per second (Gbps) switchingfabric and ASICS support full 802.1d-compliant MAC Layer frame forwardingand filtering across all ports at wire-speedperformance. The BayStack 325-24T Switchhas a peak forwarding rate of 3.6 millionpackets per second and the BayStack 325-24G Switch has a peak forwarding rate of6.6 million packets per second.BoSS (BayStack operating systemSwitching Software)BoSS for BayStack 325 Switches is a singlesoftware image that is used for both BayStack325 Switch models. The software imageprovides new features and will be availablefor free for the lifetime of the switches. Onlya single image needs to be downloadedFigure 1. BayStack 325-24T SwitchFigure 2. BayStack 325-24G SwitchBayStack 425 SwitchesDistributedMulti-LinkTrunkingNetwork center10/100 MbpsconnectionsServersMulti-LinkTrunkingFloor 3Floor 2Passport 1612G SwitchBayStack 325-24G SwitchFigure 3. Small/medium business solution2