Product Information
High Performance, Gigabit Ethernet Switch Fabric for the Switch 7700, with
PoE Support
The switch fabric is the core of a modular switch, and the 3Com Switch 7700
96 Gbps Switch Fabric provides 96 Gbps of switching performance, and offers
Power over Ethernet (PoE) support.
The Switch Fabric performs route calculation and provides all Layer 3
switching functionality. It also performs Layer 2 switching between
interface modules and where on-board Layer 2 switching is not possible.
Based on the address-forwarding table, the hardware performs line-speed
switching of Layer 2 / Layer 3 data packets. VLANs, link aggregation, QoS
traffic classification and prioritization, RADIUS authentication, and ACLs
(Access Control Lists) are also supported by the hardware.
Aggregate throughput of 96 Gbps
Network protocols supported: TCP/IP, ARP/Proxy ARP, DHCP
Multicast protocol support: GARP/GVRP/GMRP, IGMP, PIM-DM/SM
IP routing: RIP (V1/V2)
IEEE 802.1X user authentication, local and RADIUS
Power over Ethernet (PoE) support
Higher bandwidth and added reliability through link aggregation to create
virtual connections
Logical segmentation of the network supported by VLAN. Multiple overlapping
tagged VLANs support aggregated links and extension throughout the network
Improved network security and bandwidth availability with static routes;
default route is used to shorten time for route selection.