Product description
The Summit X450-G2 switches are effective campus edge switches with IEEE 802.3at PoE-plus. The Summit X450-G2 series is also an option for DSLAM or CMTS aggregation, or for active Ethernet access.
Product features
- Summitstack-V84 - high-speed stacking over dedicated stacking ports
The Summit X450-G2 also supports high-speed 84 Gbps stacking, which is ideal for demanding applications where a high volume of traffic traverses through the stacking links, yet bandwidth is not compromised through stacking. SummitStack-V84 is supported over passive copper QSFP cables. SummitStack-V84 is only supported on Summit X450-G2 switches running the same version of ExtremeXOS. - Intelligent switching
Summit X450-G2 supports sophisticated and intelligent Layer 2 switching, as well as Layer 3 IPv4/IPv6 routing including policy-based switching/routing, Provider Bridges, bidirectional ingress and egress Access Control Lists, and bandwidth control by 8 Kbps granularity both for ingress and egress. - IEEE 802.3at PoE-plus
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet has been widely used in the campus enterprise edge network for Ethernet-powered devices such as wireless access points, Voice over IP phones, and security cameras. Ethernet port extenders such as Extreme Networks ReachNXT 100-8t can also utilize PoE, making installation and management easier and reducing maintenance costs. The newer IEEE 802.3at PoEplus standard expands upon Power over Ethernet by increasing the power limit up to 30 watts, and by standardizing power negotiation by using LLDP. Summit X450-G2 supports IEEE 802.3at PoE-plus and supports standards-compliant PoE devices today and into the future. - Role-based policy
Utilizing NetSight Policy Management, the role-based policy framework empowers a network administrator to define distinct roles or profiles that represent industry specific operational groups that may exist in an education or a business environment (e.g., administrator, teacher, student, guest). Each defined role is granted individualized access to specific network services and applications and these access privileges remain associated with users as they move across both wired and wireless network access points. Users can be authenticated via IEEE 802.1X, MAC address, or web authentication, and then assigned a pre-defined operational role. Network operations can be seamlessly tailored to meet business-oriented requirements by providing each role with individualized access to network services and applications, thus aligning network resource utilization with business goals and priorities. - Audio Video Bridging
The X450-G2 series supports IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) to enable reliable, real-time audio/video transmission over Ethernet. AVB technology delivers the quality of service required for today's high-definition and time-sensitive multimedia streams.
