Ready for intense traffic. Ready to make your network more secure. These new stackable features enhance Quality of Service (QoS) and traffic shaping features to deliver clear and reliable IP voice and video communications over the network as well as heavy data packet loads. They also feature an intuitive, secure management interface giving you access to a comprehensive management suite for optimizing your switch and overall network performance. Through this interface you can make your network more secure through IEEE 802.1Q VLANs, IEEE 802.1X port authentication, Access Control Lists (ACL), DOS Prevention, MAC-based filtering and more.

One switch to rule them all. With the new Linksys Business Series Stackable Switches, instead of managing switches individually, you can manage up to eight of them in a stack as though they were one switch. For example, with eight SGE2000s in a stack, it’s like having a 192-port Gigabit Ethernet switch! But wait, with these eight switches, you also have 32 SFP fiber extension ports, so you could spread out those eight switches throughout an office environment and use them to connect to users and workgroups while still maintaining the stacking architecture that you still manage as one switch. With these new stackable switches from Linksys, you’ll have a network platform that can handle just about any bandwidth-hogging traffic you can throw at it, while being flexible enough to be configured for just about any unique office scenario. And when connected in a ring topology, network administrators can also remove and add switches in the stack without incurring significant downtime.

Power over Ethernet Models. For Wireless Access Point (AP), surveillance or VoIP telephony deployments, the SFE2000P and SGE2000P models support the IEEE802.3af standard for Power over Ethernet (PoE). With automatic load sensing, their power control circuitry automatically detects PoE on the end-device before providing power. For safety, each port has independent overload and short-circuit protection, along with LED indicators for power status. A maximum of 15.4W is available on the non-uplink ports (10/100 on SFE2000P and Gigabit on SGE2000P) for powering PoE-enabled wireless APs or VoIP handsets, with a maximum per device PoE delivery of 185 Watts available for all ports on each switch.

Your Stackables are Remotely Manageable. Linksys Business Series Stackable Switches are remotely manageable via a standard Internet browser interface. With this interface, you can set traffic and QoS thresholds, assign or reconfigure VLANs, configure multiple security settings, diagnose and monitor traffic through Port Mirroring and much more. And unlike other switches, because they are Linksys One Ready, you can also remotely manage them via a Web Portal hosted by a Linksys One Hosted Service Provider. Whether you are a VAR, System Integrator or other authorized Network Administrator, the Linksys One Hosted Web Portal gives you complete management control of the switch, as well as, visibility and control to other Linksys One devices (and their configurations) on the Linksys One network.

See also the Linksys Business Series SRW224G4P & SRW248G4P Managed PoE switches for your Power over Ethernet needs.

Incorruptible. These stackable switches also include two firmware images stored locally in memory. In the course of a new firmware download, should the file become corrupted, the switch will automatically revert to the last known good firmware file to run it. Firmware upgrades are supported via TFTP, HTTP and HTTPS. Each firmware image, in addition to having the necessary code to set the switch, also includes Linksys One code, so a Linksys One Services Router will recognize the switch on a Linksys One network.

Mapping, Tagging and Private VLANs These stackable switches include many VLAN features. For example, each stackable switch supports a minimum of 255 active VLANs and packet tagging via 802.1Q. They also support GVRP (Group VLAN Registration Protocol) for dynamic propagation of VLANs throughout a network. You can also establish VLANs based on the protocol information within the packet header of the traffic flow.

For the hospitality market, multi-tenant offices, and similar venues where Internet access and the network infrastructure is hosted by the hotel, multi-tenant office management, Linksys Business Series Stackable Switches feature Private VLAN support to block room-to-room, or office-to-office network connectivity, providing a layer of security and confidentiality for each user or discrete user group.

Cost-Effective Stacking and Deployment. When compared to more expensive stackable switches from other brands, Linksys gives you very cost-effective ways to stack these new switches. You have the option to link Ethernet ports or to use Linksys Business Series optional and very affordable Extension Modules in the SFP fiber uplink ports.

Back Up Master (and Nobody Gets Hurt). Linksys stackable switches support a single switch assigned as a back up to the master switch in the stack. So, in the event of failure of the master unit, the designated backup unit takes over. A stack configured in a ring topology will fall back to chain topology in the event of failure of a unit, or a link. A default auto-numbering algorithm is used to determine the Master and Master backup units. An LED indicates the unit number for visual verifications. Network administrators can override the auto-numbering function and manually configure and designate the master and master backup units via the browser-based management interface or the Command Line Interface (CLI). For maximum flexibility and resiliency, each Linksys stackable switch can be added or removed from the stack, without requiring a stack reset. If the master is removed, then the back up master becomes the master and another switch in the stack becomes the master.

Linksys Business Series Stackable Switches include numerous security settings and options that you can employ to prevent attacks and maintain the continued and smooth operation of your network, including the following:

Storm Control. Unlike some other stackable switches from other vendors, Linksys Stackable Switches include Multicast, and Broadcast storm control.

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Security. Linksys stackable switches include root guard which guards ports from being selected as the Spanning Tree Protocol root port. Root guard prevents the occurrence of data loops that create broadcast storms which can consume CPU cycles and constrain network traffic efficiency or even cause a loss of connectivity. If root guard is enabled on a port, it is never selected as the STP root port; the roles it can be assigned are: Designated, Alternate, Backup or Blocked. Root guard enables detection and resolution of misconfigurations.

DoS Attack Prevention Engine. The switches include a Denial of Service (DoS) engine that applies DoS protection to all ports on the switch or switch stack.

Management and CPU-bound Traffic Handling. Each of the stackable switches support the management and prioritization of data packets forwarded to the switch CPU with built-in mechanisms that allow controlled traffic to be forwarded to the CPU without forcing it to be a member of a specific VLAN.

Priority and Scheduling. Linksys stackable switches support IETF DiffServ and IEEE 802.1p User Priority with ingress packet classification (remarking) and filtering, as well as Weighted Round Robin (WRR) and Strict Priority (SP) scheduling.

Stack-Maintained QoS. High-priority packets that have been queued according to applied QoS policies, are maintained as frames traverse the Linksys switches in a stack.

• Fully resilient stacking provides optimized growth with simplified management/li>
• Maximum security and control of traffic with policing, shaping, ACLs, and QoS
• Linksys One Ready - simple, automated installation with Linksys One Services Routers present
• 2 mini-GBIC slots (shared with 2 copper ports) for Fiber Gigabit Ethernet expansion

• Fully resilient stacking provides optimized growth with simplified management
• Maximum security and control of traffic with policing, shaping, ACLs, and QoS
• Linksys One Ready - simple, automated installation with Linksys One Services Routers present
• 2 mini-GBIC slots (shared with 2 copper ports) for Fiber Gigabit Ethernet expansion

• Fully resilient stacking provides optimized growth with simplified management
• Granular QoS options makes solution ideal for improved application experience
• Maximum security and control of traffic with policing, shaping, ACLs, and QoS
• Linksys One Ready - simple, automated installation with Linksys One Services Routers present

• Fully resilient stacking provides optimized growth with simplified management
• Provides IEEE 802.3af PoE power to IP phones or APs
• Granular QoS options makes solution ideal for improved application experience
• Maximum security and control of traffic with policing, shaping, ACLs, and QoS
• Linksys One Ready - simple, automated installation with Linksys One Services Routers present

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