WaveSwitch 9200 Ethernet Switch

 

The WaveSwitch 9200 is a high-capacity backbone switch.

The power of the WaveSwitch 9200 dramatically reduces the complexity of campus internetworking, providing a simple, homogeneous solution to deliver high-speed applications all the way to the desktop.

Description

The WaveSwitch 9200 employs a two-stage non-blocking switching fabric. This design provides high availability, high throughput and high port density.

The core switching fabric is contained on up to four separate modules called Common Matrix Modules (CMMs). The design of the core switching fabric is extremely robust. As long as a single CMM is running, there is full connectivity between ports.

The outer switching fabric is contained on up to eight I/O modules, called Gigamodules. The Router Accelerator Gigamodule provides Layer 3 switching between local IP subnets. Maximal configurations are:

  • 64 FDDI SAS or 32 DAS ports
  • 128 100BASE-TX ports
  • 128 100BASE-FX ports
  • 4 Router Accelerators (Layer 3 switch)

The WaveSwitch 9200 has powerful networking features grouped under the name NextWave Switching. NextWave Switching increases performance by controlling broadcast and multicast traffic and simplifies network operation by automatically configuring network parameters.

New applications requiring high speed file transfer or full motion video place great demands on the network. The WaveSwitch 9200 combines raw switching capacity with sophisticated network features to satisfy even the most demanding applications.

Benefits

  • Enables high speed applications, including video, across the campus backbone network
  • Simplifies your network, making a complex network operate like a "data utility"
  • Controls broadcast and multicast traffic through NextWave Switching features
  • Increases productivity of Network Management staff through automatic configuration
  • Provides high speed connectivity regardless of server or client location while still allowing traffic segmentation as desired
  • Protects investment in existing network infrastructure
  • Ensures high availability through redundancy of critical components, including the core switching fabric

Key Features

  • High Performance Switching
  • NextWave Switching
  • Management Tools
  • Trunk Group Support
  • Virtual LANs

The WaveSwitch 9200 chassis part number is PTP700A.