SMC launches gigabit backbone switches

NEW DELHI: SMC Networks has announced its newest Gigabit backbone switches, the TigerStack 10/100/1000 48-Port Stackable Managed Switch (SMC8748M) and 24-Port Stackable Managed Switch (SMC8724M), both with optional 10G uplink. The TigerStack SMC8748M and SMC8724M 10/100/1000 Stackable Managed Switches, optional uplinks and redundant power supplies are available now.






According to the press release, the new SMC8748M switch has 48 fixed 10/100/1000 ports and the SMC8724M has 24. In each of the switches, four of the ports can be upgraded with optional mini GBIC expansion slots for fiber connections. An optional one-port 10Gigabit XENPAK Module can be added to either of the switches for 10G uplink. The SMC8748M and SMC8724M have switching capacity as high as 156Gbps for the 48-port switch, 108Gbps for the 24-port version.





For security, these new switches come with ACLs and 802.1x for secure network access, and SSH, SSL/HTTPS for secure management enabled by RADIUS and TACACS+. The release further states that Flexible Layer 2/3/4 traffic prioritization and rate-limiting enable quality of service across the network, and network segmentation is provided by port and protocol-based VLANs.





For more powerful management applications, these new TigerStack 10/100/1000 switches also offer Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s) and stack-wide link aggregation (LACP). Built for robust workgroup and backbone switching today, the SMC8748M and SMC8724M can be mixed or matched for stacking up to eight units high, and have the flexibility to allow for upgrades to even more features that will be released in the future.