Allied Telesis AT-FS970M/8PS-E 990-003994-50 User Manual

FS970M Series

 | Fast Ethernet Managed Access Switches

The FS970M Series also supports 

priority QoS, which prioritizes data with 
a simple command — providing better 
service to selected network traffic 
while minimizing the complexity of 

QoS deployment in the network. Allied 

Telesis QoS gives the user more control 

over the traffic of data, and allocates 

network resources more efficiently. 

QoS is also fundamental for IP Triple 

Play (voice, video, and data) applications.

The FS970M Series is 

designed to reduce power consumption 
and to minimize hazardous waste. Fans 
are designed to minimize noise pollution. 
High efficiency power supplies, low 
power chipsets, and effective power 
management deliver both a reduced 
carbon footprint and cost savings for the 
end user.

In order to fully understand the 
performance of the network — and 
ensure the ongoing smooth delivery of 
critical data — users must be able to 
measure and analyze the traffic in real 
time.

The FS970M Series facilitates effective 

traffic monitoring with sFlow, an 
industry-standard technology for 
monitoring high-speed switched 
networks. sFlow provides complete 
visibility into the use of the network, 
enabling performance optimization, 
accounting, billing for usage, and even 
defense against security threats.

With the depletion of IPv4 address 

space, IPv6 is rapidly becoming a 
mandatory requirement for many 
healthcare, education, government, 
and enterprise customers. To meet 
this need, now and into the future, 
the FS970M Series supports IPv6 
applications.

To ensure protection of data and the 

network, the FS970M Series provides a 
solid set of security features and secure 
management options. 

FS970M Series switches use IEEE 802.1x 
port-based authentication and dynamic 

VLAN assignment to assure compliance 

to network security policies and either 
grant access or offer remediation. 802.1x 
and MAC authentication ensures the 

network is only accessed by known 
users and devices. Secure access is also 
available for guests.

Security from malicious network attacks 
is provided by a comprehensive range 
of 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.

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

Advanced storm protection features 

include bandwidth limiting, policy-based 
storm protection, and packet storm 
protection.

Network storms are often caused by 
cabling errors that result in a network 
loop. The Allied Telesis FS970M Series 
provides features to detect loops 
as soon as they are created. Loop 
detection and broadcast storm control 
take immediate action to prevent 
network storms.

System Capacity
128MB RAM
16MB flash memory
16K MAC addresses
266MHz CPU

Maximum Bandwidth
Non-blocking for all packet sizes

Wirespeed Switching on all Ethernet Ports
14,880pps for 10Mbps Ethernet
148,800pps for 100Mbps Ethernet
1,488,000pps for 1000Mbps Ethernet

Port Configuration
Auto-negotiation, duplex, MDI/MDI-X, IEEE 802.3x flow 

control/back pressure

Head of Line (HOL) blocking prevention
Broadcast storm control
Link flap protection
Group link control
Port mirroring

Ethernet Specifications
RFC 894 Ethernet II encapsulation
IEEE 802.1D MAC bridges
IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LANs
IEEE 802.2 Logical link control
IEEE 802.3ac VLAN TAG
IEEE 802.1ax-2008 (LACP) link aggregation
IEEE 802.3u 100TX
IEEE 802.3x Full-duplex operation
IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet class 3
IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet class 4
Jumbo frames (9198 bytes)

Quality of Service (QoS)
Eight egress queues per port
Egress rate limiting
Voice VLAN
Automatic QoS
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service with strict and weighted round 

robin scheduling

RFC 2474 DSCP for IP-based QoS
RFC 2475 Differentiated services architecture
Layer 2, 3, and 4 criteria

Link Aggregation
IEEE 802.3ad LACP - 8 groups
Static link aggregation - 24 groups 

Link Discovery 
IEEE 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) 
Link Layer Discovery Protocol-Media Endpoint (LLDP-MED)

Spanning-Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1D Spanning-Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1D-2004 Rapid Spanning-Tree Protocol
IEEE 802.1q-2005 Multiple Spanning-Tree Protocol (15 

instances)

BPDU guard
Loop guard
Root guard

Management
RFC 854 Telnet server
Console management port
Industry-standard CLI
Web GUI
Enhanced Stacking
RFC 1866 HTML

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