Description

L2+ switch with 24-10/100TX ports plus 2 expansion slots (DC power) Simple Type: Ethernet Switch The 8500 series is the latest addition to the comprehensive switching solutions from Allied Telesis. This family of switches is targeted towards the new growing market segment, namely: the Layer 2+ market. With the LAN aggregation and core layers' successful migration to Gigabit Ethernet, many network administrators demand easy to manage, cost effective and more intelligent switches at the LAN edge. Layer 2+ switches are purposefully designed to address such requirements. Layer 2+ switches offer the best compromise between features, performance and value. This family of switches has more intelligence than the simple Layer 2 switches and yet are more cost-effective than the Layer 3 switches.