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News Release from: Agere Systems | Subject: ET4K and Octal TruePHY 1081
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
Ethernet chips enable tigerish gigabit
switches
SMC Networks has begun shipping the first in a new line of gigabit workgroup switches, the TigerSwitch 1000, powered by Agere Systems' industry-leading Ethernet chips.
SMC Networks has begun shipping the first in a new line of gigabit workgroup switches, the TigerSwitch 1000 (SMC8748L2), powered by Agere Systems' industry-leading Ethernet chips Designed to turn today's common unmanaged data networks into intelligent, multimedia-rich converged Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructures with huge performance advances and built-in economic benefits, the new Layer 2, fully-managed 48-port gigabit Ethernet switch with two 10Gbit/s uplinks is available now at an MSRP of $1999.99
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new TigerSwitch 1000 (SMC8748L2) stands alone as the only switching solution on the market that provides such a high port density with an efficient single chip solution, and it is the first in SMC's new family of efficient, high-performance gigabit switches.
Built on Agere's newest gigabit Ethernet chipset solution, the SMC8748L2 uses the Agere ET4K and the Agere Octal TruePHY 1081 for the ultimate in performance and efficiency.
The Agere ET4K is the world's first single chip 48-port gigabit Ethernet switch device, and features the industry's highest level of integration and performance.
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The ET4K chip allows the TigerSwitch 1000 to operate 48 channels simultaneously - twice as many as the nearest competing alternative - while maintaining full gigabit wire speed performance on each channel.
The Agere Octal TruePHY 1081 is optimised for efficiency and performance, providing the industry's lowest power utilisation while exceeding industry standards requirements for reach and error-free performance by approximately 40%.
"The TigerSwitch 1000 managed gigabit switch brings great price/performance improvement, making it likely that it will encourage network upgrades that transform unmanaged data networks into much more intelligent, multimedia-rich converged infrastructure", said Tony Stramandinoli, SMC Networks' Vice President of Marketing.
"This technology relationship between SMC and Agere finally makes it possible for corporate computer network users to receive much more robust multimedia services at more affordable costs", said Samir Samhouri, Vice President of the Agere Systems Enterprise and Networking Division.
"These users are keenly interested in reducing their network costs while boosting the quality of service versatility they gain, which is exactly what the SMC and Agere technologies deliver now".
The significant performance improvement offered by the TigerSwitch 1000 (SMC8748L2) will help networks move to the next level of performance while simultaneously slashing operating costs.
Many networks today are unable to distinguish between voice, video and data Internet Protocol (IP) traffic, necessitating separate, dedicated data and voice networks.
The technology built-in to the new TigerSwitch 1000 family of switches has the intelligence to dynamically recognise these services, thus enabling their convergence onto a single, reliable and efficient multimedia-aware infrastructure.
The TigerSwitch 1000 family of switches will likely be a catalyst for rapid acceleration in the replacement of Private Branch Exchange with IP telephones in businesses, among other advances.
In challenging high-traffic environments, the SMC8748L2 provides gigabit switching at full wire speed.
The SMC8748L2 switch not only delivers high performance, it's loaded with advanced features that demanding environments need.
Security is paramount in today's networks, and these new switches deliver, with ACLs and 802.1x for secure network access, and SSH, SSL/HTTPS for secure management enabled by Radius and TACACS+.
Flexible Layer 2/3/4 traffic prioritisation and rate-limiting enable quality of service across the network, and network segmentation is provided by port and tag-based VLANs.
The TigerSwitch 1000 also brings a comprehensive Layer 2 management feature set, including Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs and link aggregation (LACP) which also supports trunking the 10G ports.
Built for robust workgroup and backbone switching today, the SMC8748L2 has the flexibility to allow for upgrades to even more features that will be released in the future.
"These high-performance switches pack the power of 10G capability, so they can excel in the most demanding networks, now, and into the future", said SMC Product Manager, Iain Kenney.
"10/100/1000 copper connectivity built-in, with options for fibre and ten gigabit uplinks make it extraordinarily flexible and adaptable - and the full range of advanced features make them perfect for the most demanding Enterprise and workgroup environments".
The TigerSwitch 1000 switch (SMC8748L2) with optional uplinks and redundant power supplies are available now.
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