DGS-3024 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Manual 
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Introduction 
This section describes the features of the DGS-3024.  
Features 
The DGS-3024 was designed for departmental and enterprise connections. As an all-gigabit-port switch, it is ideal for 
backbone and server connection. Powerful and versatile, the switch eliminates network bottlenecks while giving users the 
capability to fine-tune performance 
Switch features include: 
Ports 
•  Twenty-four high performance 1000BASE-T ports for making 10/100/1000 connections to a backbone, end stations, 
and servers.  
•  Four mini-GBIC (SFP) combo ports to connect fiber optic media to another switch, server or network backbone. 
•  RS-232 DCE Diagnostic port (console port) for setting up and managing the Switch via a connection to a console 
terminal or PC using a terminal emulation program. 
Performance Features 
•  Store-and-forward switching scheme. 
•  Switching fabric: 48Gbps 
•  Max. Forwarding Rate: 35.7 million packets per second  
•  High-speed data forwarding rate of 1,488,095 pps per port at 100% of wire-speed for 1000 Mbps speed. 
•  Supports 8K MAC address. 
•  Supports four priority queues per port. 
•  Supports 512Kbytes buffer memory per switch.  
•  802.1D Spanning Tree support. Can be disabled on the entire switch or on a per-port basis.   
•  802.1Q Tagged VLAN support, including GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol). 
•  Support for up to 255 VLANs.  
•  IGMP snooping support per switch. 
•  Link aggregation support for up to four trunk groups and eight trunk members per group. 
•  Port-based 802.1x port access control. 
Management 
•  RS-232 console port for out-of-band network management via a console terminal. 
•  Spanning Tree Algorithm Protocol for creation of alternative backup paths and prevention of network loops. 
•  SNMP V.1, V2c1, and V3 network management, four groups of RMON.  
•  Flash memory for software upgrades. This can be done in-band via TFTP or out-of-band via the console. 
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