SMC SMC8028L2 User Manual

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The TigerSwitch 10/100/1000 (SMC8028L2) is a feature-rich standalone 28-port Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 switch with 
24-ports 10/100/1000 (RJ-45) and 4 Gigabit combo ports (RJ-45/SFP). This fully managed switch has a fan-less and 
eco-friendly design with Green Ethernet support and offers an aggregated bandwidth of up to 56Gbps. It provides cost- 
effective, wire-speed Gigabit Ethernet switching for bandwidth intensive networks that require easy-to-use management 
functions for optimizing configuration and performance.

With 56Gbps switching capacity, the SMC8028L2 delivers 
non-blocking and wire-speed switching performance for all 
gigabit connections. The switch supports 24 10/100/1000 
ports and 4 combo Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45/SFP) ports with 
flexible choices for copper or fiber uplinks. 

With IEEE802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol , the 
SMC8028L2 provides a loop-free network and redundant links 
to the core network with rapid convergence in less than 1 
second. 

IEEE802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol  allows a 
spanning tree instance per VLAN for Layer 2 load sharing on 
redundant links.

IEEE802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) 
increases bandwidth by automatically aggregating several 
physical links together as a logical trunk and offers  load 
balancing and fault tolerance for uplink connections.

IGMP snooping provides fast client joins and leaves of 
multicast streams,  prevents flooding of IP multicast traffic, and 
limits bandwidth intensive video traffic to subscribers only.

Q-in-Q allows service providers to provide business users 
secure L2 VPN connections between headquarter and branch 
offices without changing the existing VLAN configuration.

The SMC8028L2 offers advanced Quality of Service for traffic  
classification, marking and scheduling to deliver best-in class 
performance for data, voice and video traffic at wire speed.

8 egress queues per port enable differentiated management of 
up to 8 traffic types. Traffic is prioritized according to 
IEEE802.1p, DSCP, IP precedence and TCP/UDP port 
number, to provide optimal performance to real-time 
applications. 

Asymmetric bidirectional rate-limiting per port or per traffic 
class preserves network bandwidth and allows maximum 
control of network resources. 

The SMC8028L2 provides enhanced security functions to 
protect the network from the edge. 

IEEE 802.1x port-based access control ensures only 
authorized users and devices are allowed to access the 
network.

After users and devices access the network, the network 
resources can be restricted per access right. 

Access Control Lists (ACLs) restrict  users and devices from 
accessing sensitive network resources by denying packets 
based on L2 /L3/L4 headers.

Secure Shell (SSH) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL/HTTPS) 
encrypt network management information via Telnet and web, 
providing secure network management. 

TACACS+/RADIUS authentication enable centralized control 
of the switch and restrict unauthorized users from altering the 
configuration of the switch.

Private VLAN isolates edge ports to ensure user privacy.

The SMC8028L2 supports IPV6 management functions in 
Web/ SNMP / Telnet / TFTP allowing it to be used in IPv6 
networks for future investment protection.

The SMC8028L2 can be managed through an industry 
standard Command Line Interface (CLI) which provides a 
common industry look and feel to reduce  training and 
operations costs. It also provides easy-to-use web GUI 
interface through a standard web browser.

With four groups of RMON, the SMC8028L2 can easily backup 
and restore firmware and configuration files via TFTP.