Planet IGS-20040MT User Manual

User’s Manual of IGS-20040MT
Figure 4-11-1
 Client—the device (workstation) that requests access to the LAN and switch services and responds to requests from
the switch. The workstation must be running 802.1X-compliant client software such as that offered in the Microsoft
Windows XP operating system. (The client is the supplicant in the IEEE 802.1X specification.)
 Authentication server—performs the actual authentication of the client. The authentication server validates the
identity of the client and notifies the switch whether or not the client is authorized to access the LAN and switch services.
Because the switch acts as the proxy, the authentication service is transparent to the client. In this release, the Remote
Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) security system with Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
extensions is the only supported authentication server; it is available in Cisco Secure Access Control Server version 3.0.
RADIUS operates in a client/server model in which secure authentication information is exchanged between the
RADIUS server and one or more RADIUS clients.
 Switch (802.1X device)—controls the physical access to the network based on the authentication status of the client.
The switch acts as an intermediary (proxy) between the client and the authentication server, requesting identity
information from the client, verifying that information with the authentication server, and relaying a response to the client.
The switch includes the RADIUS client, which is responsible for encapsulating and decapsulating the Extensible
Authentication Protocol (EAP) frames and interacting with the authentication server. When the switch receives EAPOL
frames and relays them to the authentication server, the Ethernet header is stripped and the remaining EAP frame is
re-encapsulated in the RADIUS format. The EAP frames are not modified or examined during encapsulation, and the
authentication server must support EAP within the native frame format. When the switch receives frames from the
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Planet IGS-20040MT Specifications

General

Switch type	Managed
Switch layer	L2+
Traffic classification	Yes
Console port	RJ-45
Fiber optic connector	MiniGBIC
SFP module slots quantity	4
Installed SFP modules quantity	0
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports type	Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
Basic switching RJ-45 Ethernet ports quantity	16
10G support	No
Number of VLANs	4095
Networking standards	IEEE 1588v2, IEEE 802.1D, IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1ab, IEEE 802.1ad, IEEE 802.1ag, IEEE 802.1p, IEEE 802.1s, IEEE 802.1w, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3ab, IEEE 802.3ad, IEEE 802.3ah, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.3z
Virtual LAN features	Stacked VLAN, Private VLAN, Tagged VLAN, Protocol-based VLAN
Copper ethernet cabling technology	10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
Stackable	-
Certification	FCC, CE
Product color	Blue, White
Housing material	Aluminum
International Protection (IP) code	IP30
Fiber ethernet cabling technology	100BASE-FX, 1000BASE‑BX, 1000BASE‑LX, 1000BASE‑SX
Throughput	29.7 Mpps
Jumbo frames	9216
MAC address table	8000 entries
Number of IP interfaces	8
Power consumption (max)	17 W
Power consumption (typical)	8 W
Heat dissipation	27 BTU/h
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 85 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	-40 - 75 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95 %
Supported network protocols	IPv4 / IPv6
Authentication	MAC-based authentication, Port-based authentication
Security algorithms	802.1x RADIUS, SSH, SSL/TLS
Number of multicast groups filtered	255
Harmonized System (HS) code	85176990

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	107.3 mm
Width	76.8 mm
Height	152 mm
Weight	1043 g