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GS2200-48 User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 1
Getting to Know Your Switch
This chapter introduces the main applications and features of the Switch. It also
introduces the ways you can manage the Switch.
1.1 Introduction
The GS2200-48 is a stand-alone layer 2 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch. It comes
with 44 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports, 4 Dual Personality interfaces (each
consisting of one RJ-45 Gigabit port and one slot for a mini-GBIC transceiver (SFP
module) with one port active at a time) and two mini-GBIC transceivers for fiber-
optic uplink connections.
This section shows a few examples of using the Switch in various network
environments.
See Chapter 41 on page 329 for a full list of software features available on the
Switch.
1.1.1 Bridging Example
In this example the Switch connects different company departments (RD and
Sales) to the corporate backbone. It can alleviate bandwidth contention and
eliminate server and network bottlenecks. All users that need high bandwidth can