NETGEAR M4300-28G MANAGED SWITCH

NETGEAR M4300-28G (GSM4328S) - Stackable Managed Switch with 24x1G and 4x10G including 2x10GBASE-T and 2xSFP+ Layer 3

Manufacturer website link: https://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/managed/M4300-28G.aspx#tab-overview

Technical specifications

• 24 Ports Copper 10M/100M/1G
• 2 Ports Copper 100M/1G/10G
• 2 Ports SFP+ 1G/10G
• 1 Modular Bay with One (1) 150W Modular PSU included APS150W
• 128 Gps Switching Fabric
• Fixed Fan Front-to-Back 30.3dB
• Management Options : Ethernet: Out-of-band 1G port (Front)
• Console: RJ45 RS232 (Back)
• Console: Mini-USB (Front)
• Storage: USB (Front)
• Single-pane-of-glass NMS300 management platform with mass-configuration support
• Dual firmware image and configuration file for updates with minimum service interruption

Key features:

• Cost effective 1G access layer in campus LAN networks, and high performance 10G distribution layer for midsize organizations networks
• Zero Touch AV-over-IP with pre-configured L2 Multicast on all 1G models (1G AV encoders and decoders) and 10G models (SDVoE-ready)
• Advanced Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 feature set - no license required - including Policy Based Routing, RIP, VRRP, OSPF and PIM
• Innovative mixed "Spine and Leaf", 1G and 10G stacking with nonstop forwarding and hitless failover redundancy
• Low acoustics, half-width 16-port and 24-port 10G models can be paired in a single rack space for redundant Top of Rack
• Up to 384 (Gigabit) ports, 768 (10 Gigabit) ports, 192 (40 Gigabit) ports or a combination in a stack seen as one “logical” switch
• 48- and 96-port 10G models' ultra-low latency and scalable table size with 128K MAC, 8K ARP/NDP, 4K VLANs, 12K routes
• Mixed Stack of 1G and 10G models provides 16K MAC, 2K ARP/NDP, 4K VLANs and 512 routes
• SDN-Ready OpenFlow 1.3 support for maximum investment protection

Software:

• Advanced classifier-based, time-based hardware implementation for L2 (MAC), L3 (IP) and L4 (UDP/TCP transport ports) security and prioritization
• Selectable Port-Channel/LAG (802.3ad - 802.1AX) L2/L3/L4 hashing for fault tolerance and load sharing with any type of Ethernet channeling
• Voice VLAN with SIP, H323 and SCCP protocols detection and LLDP-MED IP phones automatic QoS and VLAN configuration
• Efficient authentication tiering with successive DOT1X, MAB and Captive Portal methods for streamlined BYOD
• Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 static and dynamic routing including Proxy ARP, OSPF, Policy-based routing and automatic 6-to-4 tunneling
• Enhanced IPv4/IPv6 multicast forwarding with IGMPv3/MLDv2 ASM and SSM Proxy and Control Packet Flooding protection
• High performance IPv4/IPv6 multicast routing with PIM timer accuracy and unhandled PIM (S,G,rpt) state machine events transitioning
• Advanced IPv4/IPv6 security implementation including malicious code detection, DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard protection and DoS attacks mitigation
• Innovative multi-vendor Auto-iSCSI capabilities for easier virtualization optimization

Availability:

• Dual redundant, modular power supplies equipping full width models contribute to business continuity management
• Vertical or horizontal flexible stacking with management unit hitless failover and non-stop forwarding across operational stack members
• Spine and leaf architecture with every leaf switch (1G access switches) connecting to every spine switch (distributed 10G "core" switches)
• Stacking and distributed link aggregation allow for multi-resiliency with zero downtime and load balancing capabilities
• Link Dependency new feature enables or disables ports based on the link state of different ports
• Per VLAN Spanning Tree and Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVSTP/PVRSTP) offer interoperability with PVST+ infrastructures

Management:

• DHCP/BootP innovative auto-installation including firmware and configuration file upload automation
• industry standard SNMP,RMON, MIB, LLDP, AAA, sFlow and RSPAN remote mirroring implementation
• Service port for out-of-band Ethernet management (OOB)
• Standard RS232 straight-through serial RJ45 and Mini-USB ports for local management console
• Standard USB port for local storage, logs, configuration or image files
• Dual firmware image and configuration file for updates with minimum service interruption
• Industry standard command line interface (CLI) for IT admins used to other vendors' commands
• Fully functional Web console (GUI) for IT admins who prefer an easy to use graphical interface
• Single-pane-of-glass NMS300 management platform with mass-configuration support