SMC TigerSwitch Gets Boost

Enterprise Networks & Servers, Nov 2003

SMC Networks has made available its enhanced gigabit backbone switch, the TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 Managed Switch (SMC8624T). The new SMC8624T switch has 24 fixed 10/100/1000 ports, four of which can be upgraded with optional mini GBIC expansion slots for fiber connections. The SMC8624T moves data at speeds up to 48Gps; up to 9K in jumbo frame support mode. Now, in addition to RADIUS, 802. 1x, SSH and SSL for security, the upgraded switch offers complete Layer 2/3/4 switching with traffic prioritization, including DSCP-based COS and TCP/UDP port-based COS, as well as port and protocol-based VLANs.

This TigerSwitch also offers rate limiting, Simple Network Time Protocol and Access Control List, all configurable through a Command Line Interface. Features that will be released in the future include SNMPv3, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s) that allows single spanning tree within VLANs, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol and SSHv2.

"The TigerSwitch SMC8624T was designed to excel in the most demanding networks, and now it's even more powerful," said SMC Product Marketing Manager Jennifer Wu.

"We're pleased to bring to market the improved SMC8624T with Broadcom's XGS switching solution at the core. We added lots of valuable features, but didn't add to the price."

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