Allied Telesis CentreCOM GS970EMX/28 Ethernet Switch

Gigabit Layer3 Lite Access Switches with 10 Gigabit Uplinks

The Allied Telesis CentreCOM GS970EMX series Layer 3 Lite switches provide Gigabit connectivity with 10 Gigabit copper and fiber uplinks. They feature a comprehensive feature-set making them ideal for secure and cost-effective access in small to medium business networks.

Overview

The Allied Telesis GS970EMX series provide high availability, security, and a basic L3 feature set. The GS970EMX/10 features 8x 10M/100M/1 Gigabit ports with 1x 100M/1/2.5/5/10 Multi-Gigabit copper uplink and 1x 1/10G SFP+ uplink. The GS970EMX/28 features 24x 10M/100M/1 Gigabit ports with 2x 100M/1/2.5/5/10 Multi-Gigabit copper uplinks and 2x 1/10G SFP+ uplinks.

The compact and fan-less design provides silent operation and flexible deployment, making it ideal for the edge of modern business networks.

Network Management

The GS970EMX Series support the AlliedWare Plus advanced operating system for consistent management across all devices. The industrystandard Command Line Interface (CLI) reduces time and cost, while the web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) is built in for easy-to-use visual management.

Network Security

Network security is guaranteed, with powerful control over network traffic types, secure management options, and other multi-layered security features built right in.

Network Access Control (NAC) gives unprecedented control over user access to the network, in order to mitigate threats to network infrastructure.

802.1x port-based authentication, in partnership with standards-compliant dynamic VLAN assignment, checks a user's adherence to network security policies and either grants access or offers remediation. Tri-authentication ensures the network is only accessed by known users and devices, and secure access is available for guests.

Protection from malicious network attacks is provided by security features such as DHCP snooping, STP root guard, BPDU protection, and access control lists. Each of these can be configured to perform a variety of actions upon detection of a suspected attack.

Stackable

Create a VCStack of up to four GS970EMX/28 switches with 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth. VCStack provides a highly-available system in which network resources are spread out across stacked units, minimizing the impact should any link or unit fail.

Reliability

The GS970EMX Series support Ethernet Protection Switched Ring (EPSRing), which prevents loops in ring-based networks. EPSR offers rapid detection and extremely fast failover in the event of a link or node failure, with recovery in as little as 50 milliseconds.

The GS970EMX Series can act as the EPSR master with a premium license, ensuring resiliency in Ethernet ringbased networks.