Madge Smart RingSwitch Plus™ Token Ring Switch
The Madge Smart Ringswitch Plus™ is the most flexible and fully-featured switching solution for Token Ring networks. The 6-slot modular platform supports up to 36 UTP/STP or fiber Token Ring switch ports and speeds of 16/4 or 100 Mbps. Integrates Token Ring with Ethernet, ATM and Gigabit IP backbones.
Smart RingSwitch Plus™ is ideal for network backbone applications, where high levels of security, resilience and manageability are required. Enhanced traffic control functions, including layer 3 IP routing services, automatic broadcast control and advanced protocol filtering options ensure maximum data efficiency and throughput for all demanding network environments.
High Capacity
Madge's Smart RingSwitch Plus has the port count, switching capacity and performance needed in the network backbone. Able to switch from 4 up to 36 rings, it is ideal for large networks, or where the number of rings is being increased to provide extra user bandwidth.
Complete Switching Solution
Practical Token Ring networking issues go far beyond physical topology to include cabling media, frame forwarding techniques, uptime requirements and management. The Smart RingSwitch Plus can be chosen with confidence because it has outstanding management functionality and the capability to fit into any Token Ring backbone application.
Designed for Non-Stop Networking
Reliability is crucial in the backbone and the Smart RingSwitch Plus has unique features to improve network uptime. As well as a backup power supply option, it provides redundant uplinks with fast recovery to protect against failures in the uplink or switching. In addition, its Active Broadcast Control helps prevent protocol failures from stopping the network.
Designed to Handle the Present and the Future
The Smart RingSwitch Plus is built to connect TR networks to higher speed backbone technologies, including ATM and 100 Mbps Token Ring, to secure the benefits of higher bandwidth today. And for tomorrow, it has been built to accommodate future network trends, through software and hardware upgradability to third layer switching and quality of service features.
Madge's Token Ring Solutions Family
The Smart RingSwitch Plus is part of a product line that allows budget-friendly Token Ring solutions to be built from desktop to backbone with industry-leading adapters, and the densest hubs in the industry.
Easy Integration Into Existing Networks
The Smart RingSwitch Plus supports a range of fiber and copper (UTP/STP) interfaces, and has multimode fiber interfaces on the ATM module. This makes RingSwitch Plus easy to integrate into existing networks.
As an example, RingSwitch Plus ports can be attached to copper and fiber ports as well as the fiber RI/RO connections to standard Token Ring hubs, thereby significantly increasing flexibility in network design.
Leadership in Network Management
Smart RingSwitch products are managed through graphical network management software available as part of Madge's Trueview/32 management suite. Smart RingSwitch Plus fully supports the RMON management standard. All 10 groups (including the diagnostic Filter and Data Capture groups) are implemented in the switch, placing it amongst the most manageable of all Token Ring switch solutions in the marketplace today.
By supporting all monitoring groups, the RingSwitch can perform the function of a monitor probe, obviating the need to carry a probe device around the network when diagnosing problems. Alternatively, a port on the switch can be configured as a port mirror, allowing an administrator to set up a network probe in one place yet see activity on any of the RingSwitch Plus ports.
Management Overview
· Management protocols: SNMP over IP and IPX Management
· Device management: Madge TrueView, HP/OpenView and IBM NetView compatible
· Broadcast Control: Source Route, NetBIOS, IPX, IP RMON
· RMON: 10 groups (as per IETF RFC1213 & RFC1513).
Meeting Future Needs
RingSwitch Plus hardware is architected with the future in mind. RingSwitch Plus ports can support Quality of Service prioritization and the backplane will accommodate Layer 3 switching modules in the future.
New software upgrades can be downloaded from the management station, through a TFTP server or using the management console port. During and after download, configuration settings are preserved for use with newly installed software.
Active Broadcast Control
A high level of broadcast traffic absorbs processing power in every network end-station, affects data throughput and in some instances can lead to costly network downtime. The Smart RingSwitch Express incorporates Active Broadcast Control (ABC) technology, which automatically eliminates unnecessary broadcast traffic from the network.
ABC uses intelligent techniques, and is extremely easy to use. The software runs a process to learn the whereabouts of resources on the network. IP, IPX, NETBIOS and Source Route broadcasts are checked and forwarded only to the ports that need to see such broadcasts. The software can track or relearn the whereabouts of resources that move, so no configuration is necessary to keep ABC operating effectively.
Gigabit integration
As part of its Gigabit IP switching strategy, Madge produces a standards-based Gigabit uplink module to enable the integration of traditional switched 100/16/4 Token Ring networks with the Gigabit-class IP-oriented backbones. Supporting the efficient large frame sizes associated with Token Ring, Madge Gigabit technology provides seamless scaling of Token Ring networks to Gigabit speeds, and permits the integration of Ethernet and Token Ring workgroups across a common layer 3 IP backbone.
Non-Stop ATM Backbone Connectivity
Smart RingSwitch Express enables customers to fully deploy advanced LAN Emulation technology to provide seamless and ultra-reliable network designs.
Third Layer IP Services
The use of an optional IP Services module (TLS) provides a cost-effective solution for managing traffic flows between IP subnets. TLS complements the Layer 2 IP switching capability of Smart RingSwitch Express switches, by providing in-built and easily configured routing services within the same device.
Comprehensive VLAN Support
Smart RingSwitch Express provides for VLANs within Source Route and Transparent environments. Further, VLANS can be mapped between switches using either ring numbering for Token Ring connected switches or VLAN/ELAN mapping for ATM inter-switch backbones.
Network Management
Smart RingSwitch Express is provided with the Madge TrueView network management software, which provides an advanced, yet easy-to-use Windows-based graphical interface to the Madge products and traffic on the network. The Smart RingSwitch family is the only Token Ring switching solution to support all 10 Remote MONitoring (RMON) groups. This provides full visibility of the traffic being switches - essential for troubleshooting problems with mission-critical resources connected directly to the Token Ring switch.
Resilient ATM Connectivity
An optional dual-link 155 Mbps ATM module allows the Smart RingSwitch Plus to be connected to an ATM backbone network. One of the links is a standby in case of failure on the primary, allowing the network to automatically recover from faults. Full support of the ATM Forum LAN Emulation standard, allows Token Ring users access to resources on an ATM network without having to change any of the applications or drivers in their workstations and servers.
Customer Support
The Madge Smart RingSwitch Plus is backed worldwide by the expertise in networking provided by Ringdale. Our service and support organization continues to satisfy the needs of our extensive installed base in the most demanding Global 1000 companies.
OPTIONS FOR SMART RINGSWITCH PLUS™
Secondary PSU Module, 00-35-5777-0000
The Smart RingSwitch Plus chassis takes up to two power supply units.
100 Mbps Token Ring Port Modules (Copper), 00-35-5842-0000
Eight 100 Mbps full duplex Token Ring Ports. UTP shielded RJ-45, Compatible with IEEE 802.5t. Hub or direct station attachment.
100 Mbps Token Ring Port Modules (Fiber), 00-35-5843-0000
Eight 100 Mbps full duplex Token Ring Ports. SC connectors for 62.5/125 multimode fiber optic cable, Compatible with IEEE 802.5t. Hub or direct station attachment.
16/4 Token Ring Port Modules (Copper), 00-35-5824-0000
Eight 16/4 Mbps full duplex Token Ring Ports. STP DB9 (4-port module), shielded RJ-45 (8-port module). Hub or direct station attachment.
16/4 Token Ring Port Modules (Fiber),
00-35-5845-0000 or 00-32-5792-0000
Four or Eight 16/4 Mbps full duplex Token Ring Ports. SC connectors for 62.5/125 multimode fiber optic cable, Compatible with IEEE 802.5J or Fiber Trunk Link. Hub or direct station attachment.
Third Layer IP Services Module, 00-35-5841-0000
Up to 16 internal routing ports. Routing Protocols: RIP v1/v2; OSPF, VRRP
155 Mbps ATM Module, 00-35-5794-0000
Two 155 Mbps ATM (OC-3) Ports (1 active, 1 standby). SC connectors for multimode fiber optic cable. ATM Forum UNI 3.0/3.1. ATM Forum LANE 1.0.
Gigabit Uplink Module, 00-35-5849-0000
One Full Duplex 1000BASE-SX Port. SC connector (MMF). IPv4, ARP,RARP, DHCP, BOOTP, IPX, NLSP, NetBIOS, AppleTalk, AARP & SNA. SNAP, Ethernet-II, 802.2, 802.1H tunnel, standard 1.5k and extended 4.5k and 9Kb frame size supported; User-selectable 802.3x flow control.
10/100 Ethernet Module, 00-35-5844-0000
Two IEEE 802.3 Full Duplex Ethernet Ports. UTP/S-UTP RJ45 (MDI). IPv4, ARP,RARP, DHCP, BOOTP, IPX, NetBIOS, AppleTalk, AARP & SNA. SNAP, Ethernet-II, 802.2, 802.1H tunnel
Smart RingSwitch Plus Part Number: 00-35-5761-0000.
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€ 3,910.70
