Performance

10.8 Gbps switching fabric

6.5 million packets-per-second forwarding rate (Catalyst 3524 XL)

(All forwarding rates for 64-byte packets)

5.4 Gbps max forwarding bandwidth

4 MB shared-memory architecture shared by all ports

Packet forwarding rate for 64-byte packets: 14,880 PPS to 10 Mbps ports 148,800 PPS to 100BaseT ports 1,488,000 PPS to 1000BaseX ports

8192 Media Access Control (MAC) addresses

8 MB DRAM and 4 MB Flash memory onboard

Management

IEEE 802.3x full duplex on 10BaseT, 100BaseTX, and 1000BaseX ports

IEEE 802.1D Spanning-Tree Protocol

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN

IEEE 802.3z 1000BaseX specification

1000BaseX (GBIC)

1000BaseSX

1000BaseLX/LH

IEEE 802.3u 100BaseTX specification

IEEE 802.3 10BaseT specification

Y2K

Y2K compliant

Connectors and Cabling

10BaseT ports: RJ-45 connectors; two-pair category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cabling

100BaseTX ports: RJ-45 connectors; two-pair Category 5 UTP cabling

1000BaseX GBIC ports: SC fiber connectors, single mode or multimode fiber

GigaStack GBIC ports: copper-based Cisco GigaStack cabling

Management console port: RJ-45 connector, RS-232 serial cabling

Indicators

Per-port status LEDs - link integrity, disabled, activity, speed, and full-duplex indications

System status LEDs - system, RPS, and bandwidth utilization indications