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1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your NETGEAR
®
ProSafe
TM
GS110T Smart Switch. The
GS110T Smart Switch is a supplement to the Gigabit Advanced Smart Switch family.
Available as a desktop or wall-mountable switch, the GS110T Smart Switch is not intended to
be rack-mountable.The GS110T is non-PoE supportable low-port switch with two fiber
uplinks included.
This chapter serves as an introduction to the GS110T Smart Switch and provides the
following information:
• Overview
• Features
• Package Contents
Overview
This Installation Guide is for the NETGEAR GS110T Smart Switch. This product offers
support for eight 10/100/1000 Mbps autosensing and two 1000M SFP Gigabit Ethernet
switching ports.
Using Gigabit ports, high-speed connections can be made to a server or network backbone.
For example:
• Linking to high-speed servers
• Providing 10/100/1000 Mbps copper connectivity
The GS110T Smart Switch also provides the benefit of administrative management with a
complete package of features for the observation, configuration, and control of the network.
With a Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI), the switch’s many capabilities can be
viewed and used in a simple and intuitive manner. The switch’s management features
include configuration for port and switch information, VLAN for traffic control, port trunking for
increased bandwidth, and Class of Service (CoS) for traffic prioritization. These features
provide better understanding and control of the network. Initial discovery of the switch on the
network requires the Netgear Smart Control Center program, a utility that runs on a PC.
The GS110T Smart Switch is a free-standing switch. It is IEEE-compliant and offers low
latency for high-speed networking. All ports can automatically negotiate to the highest speed.
This capability makes the switch ideal for environments that have a mix of Ethernet, Fast
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