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The StarBridge Turbo Switch is a compact, standalone Ethernet switch with the enhanced management and filtering capabilities of the Galactica Switching Hub. The easy-to-install StarBridge Turbo Switch supports up to eight wire-speed Ethernet segments adding up to 80Mbps of network capacity. It's a simple, cost-effective way to improve the performance of your Ethernet networks.
The Galactica Network Switching Hub, a module-based switching hub, supports up to 32 wire-speed Ethernet segments on a 1.0Gbps backplane. It provides high-speed bridging for up to 24 Ethernet segments to an FDDI ring (single-mode or multi-mode). It also allows for FDDI-FDDI bridging to support multiple or interconnected FDDI rings. You can add any configuration of four 8-port modules (any 4-port combinations of 10BASE2, 10BASE5, 10BASE-T, 10BASE-FL or 10-BASE-FB) to provide the flexibility and scalability to configure networks without changing any existing wiring cable, network interface cards or media concentrators.
The StarBridge Turbo Switch is a standalone Ethernet switch. It supports up to eight wire-speed Ethernet segments. It has eight Ethernet ports with models available to support 10BASE5, 10BASE2, 10BASE-T, 10BASE-FL and 10-BASE-FB networking.
The ONdemand (TM) SwitchCentral software extends the management capabilities of the ONdemand Network Control System (NCS) to provide full control of Chipcom's switching products. An easy-to-use graphical interface, point-and-click control, pull-down menus and intuitive displays enable you to control Chipcom switches from a UNIX-based workstation. Full integration with management platforms such as SunNet Manager (TM), HP OpenView and the IBM NetView/6000, provides comprehensive views of the packet switching activity in your network. You gain even greater control over your enterprise network without ever leaving your workstation.
Each StarBridge Turbo Switch and Galactica Ethernet Module supports high-speed Ethernet bridging for eight wire-speed segments. Each segment can handle 10Mbps of traffic simultaneously. The dedicated RISC processor provides scalable, high-performance packet switching, assuring you of true leading edge performance. Of particular importance for rapidly growing organizations, the 1.0Gbps Galactica backplane has room for growth. The modular hub is designed both for scalability and reliable, distributed performance.
Another unique feature of the Chipcom switching system allows you to create 20Mbps of contentionless, collision-free Ethernet between Galactica Network Switching Hubs and/or StarBridge Turbo Switches. Using two ports on each Galactica Hub (or StarBridge Turbo Switch), you can designate one port as transmit only and an adjacent port as receive only. This feature gives you a convenient way to connect Hubs that require links faster than 10Mbps Ethernet but doesn't require 100Mbps FDDI.
The Galactica FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Module allows you to bridge simultaneously 24 Ethernet segments to an FDDI ring, an ideal 100Mbps connection either to FDDI backbone networks or to high-performance servers.
The FDDI Module supports high-speed Ethernet to FDDI translational bridging, external optical bypass switch, Dual Homing, IP fragmentation and Station Management (SMT) for FDDI management and protocol services. You can connect to an FDDI ring using a Dual Attachment Station (DAS) or a Single Attachment Station (SAS).
The Chipcom Network Switch family allows you to group ports in the hub or module logically to create Virtual Workgroups - network domains no longer have to be determined by physical location. Departments or workgroups can be on the same logical network, even if they are located on different floors or in different buildings. And a single network can support different media types - fiber, twisted pair or coax.
Network traffic from any port in a Virtual Workgroup is limited to other ports in the workgroup. This Virtual Workgroup definition benefits overall network operation by isolating network traffic from other virtual workgroups, creating network firewalls to restrict problems and improve overall network security.
You can create up to sixteen Virtual Workgroups within each Galactica Hub or StarBridge Turbo Switch. Groups can be easily reconfigured as needed and any port can be assigned to multiple groups. In addition, the Chipcom Network Switch family makes managing virtual networks easier with Dynamic Side Switching. This feature automatically checks packet source addresses and, if changed, the port's filtering database is updated without aging or timing out a session.
For ONcore and Online (TM) hub installations with port-switching modules, users can be moved to different Ethernet segments. The switches will automatically detect the change and move the user without interruption.
The Chipcom Switch Family supports filtering, eliminating network overhead and improving network performance and security. With up to sixteen unique user-definable filters for each port, Ethernet ports can filter, forward and count incoming packets for almost any parameter, including data type, source, destination and IP address. Each filter can have up to six masks and four offsets. This powerful filtering is accomplished without the latency problems, expense and complexity of using routers. Plus, filters can also be used to monitor network performance and isolate problems.
The Chipcom switch devices support SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) and are fully compliant with an extensive set of MIBs. Both the Galactica Hub and the StarBridge Turbo Switch operate with any network management system that supports SNMP. In addition, an SNMP agent is resident on each Galactica module providing a highly reliable distributed network management structure.
The Chipcom Network Switch devices also support a Command Line Manager, accessible locally or remotely via an RS-232 port. This command line interface provides configuration, monitoring and control including SNMP security and filtering definition setting.
Both the Galactica Network Switching Hub and the StarBridge Turbo
Switch support IEEE 802.1d Spanning Tree. This allows you to configure
your network with redundant links without fear of creating loops.
The Galactica and StarBridge Turbo switching devices are ideal
for your mission-critical networks. Every frame is checked (CRC
Checking) to ensure that only good packets are propagated. As
a result, runts and jobbers are filtered and network problems
are isolated.
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Ethernet Switches: Chipcom Galactica - CHP-3000FB-01