1–4 MULTILINK ML3000 ETHERNET COMMUNICATIONS SWITCH – INSTRUCTION MANUAL
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.3 Specifications
1.3.1 Technical Specifications
PERFORMANCE
Filtering / Forwarding Rate
Ethernet (10 Mb):........................ 14, 880 pps
Fast Ethernet (100 Mb):........... 148, 800 pps
Gigabit Ethernet (1000 Mb):.. 1, 488, 000 pps
Switching processing: ............. Store and Forward with IEEE 802.3x full-duplex flow control, non-
blocking
Data rate:...................................... 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps
Address table capacity:.......... 8 K node, self-learning with address aging
Packet buffer size:..................... 512 KB for 10/100 Mb, 128 KB for Gb
Latency: ......................................... 6 μs + packet time max. (TX-TX, TX-FX, FX-FX, TX-G, G-G)
System aggregate forward and filter rate:
........................................................... 11.9 Mpps
NETWORK STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE, HARDWARE
Ethernet V1.0/V2.0 IEEE 802.3:
........................................................... 10Base-T
IEEE 802.3u:.................................. 100Base-TX, 100Base-FX
IEEE 802.3z: .................................. 1000Base-X Ethernet (Auto-negotiation)
IEEE 802.3ab:............................... 1000Base-X Ethernet
IEEE 802.1p:.................................. Priority protocol
IEEE 802.1d:.................................. Spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1w:................................. Rapid spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1q:.................................. VLAN tagging
IEEE 802.3x:.................................. Flow control
IEEE 802.3ad:............................... Link aggregation (Trunking)
IEEE 802.1x:.................................. Port-based network access control
IEEE 802.3af: ................................ Power over Ethernet (PoE)
IEEE 1588v2 Timing compliance
IPv6 Compliance
MAXIMUM 10 MBPS ETHERNET SEGMENT LENGTHS
Unshielded twisted pair ......... 100 m (328 ft)
Shielded twisted pair............... 150 m (492 ft)
10Base-FL multi-mode fiber optic
........................................................... 2 km (6562 ft)