NETGEAR GC728X Hardware Installation Guide

- IEEE 802.3ae 10-Gigabit Ethernet Over Fiber (10GBASE-SR, 10GBASE-LR, 10GBASE-LRM,
10GBASE-ER, 10GBASE-LX4)
- IEEE 802.3aq 10-Gigabit over Fiber (10GBASE-LRM)
- IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
- IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex flow control
- IEEE 802.3ad Link aggregation (LAG with LACP)
- IEEE 802.1ab LLDP
- IEEE 802.1p Class of Service (QoS)
- IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
- IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
- IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
- IEEE 802.1x RADIUS network access control
- IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE)
- IEEE 802.3af (PoE) (model GC728XP)
- IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) (model GC728XP)
• AutoSensing and autonegotiating capabilities for all ports.
• Auto Uplink™ technology is supported on all ports.
• Automatic address-learning function to build the packet-forwarding information table.The table contains
up to 16K Media Access Control (MAC) addresses.
• Store-and-forward transmission to remove bad packets from the network.
• Active flow control to minimize packet loss and frame drops.
• Half-duplex backpressure control.
• Per-port status LEDs and system status LEDs:
- System Power LED
- Cloud Connection LED
- PoE Max or Fault LED (model GC728XP)
- Fan LED
- Per-port link, speed, and activity LED for copper ports
- Per-port PoE status LED for copper ports (model GC728XP)
- Per-port link and activity LED for SFP and SFP+ fiber ports
• NETGEAR green power-saving features:
- Energy efficiency mode that fully conforms to the IEEE 802.3az standard
- Per-port automatic change to a lower power mode when the port link is down
Introduction
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Insight Managed 28-Port Gigabit Ethernet (PoE+) Smart Cloud Switch

NETGEAR GC728X Specifications

General

Brand	NETGEAR
Model	GC728X
Category	Switch
Language	English