Switches
Local-area network (LAN) switches are at the core of all networks, providing high-speed connectivity, applications, and communications systems.
Today’s networks not only need to efficiently and securely transmit bandwidth-intensive data, voice, video, and wireless applications, they also need to provide for evolving traffic patterns, new services, and optimised application performance.
To meet current and future network needs, all LAN switch designs must incorporate the following six attributes:
- Application Intelligence: Recognition, prioritization and control of applications.
- Unified Network Services: Combine the best elements of wireless and wired networking to connect to any resource or person through any device with consistent, unified services.
- Nonstop Communications: Existing features and capabilities that help ensure nonstop communications in LAN switches include: redundant hardware, non-stop forwarding and stateful switch over (NSF/SSO) technology, in-service software upgrades (ISSU) and software modularity.
- Virtualisation: To support dynamic resource and service utilisation over a shared infrastructure, it is necessary for businesses to adopt new services on a common, virtualised network.
- Integrated Security: Network security is essential. LAN switches provide the first line of defense against internal security attacks and also prevent unauthorised users from entering the network.
- Operational Manageability: To enhance ease of manageability, it is critical that IT staff be able to remotely configure and monitor network devices from a central location, automate responses via embedded event management and use real-time diagnostic management tools to troubleshoot and apply changes.
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