ZyXEL XGS-4528F 24-Port Layer 3+ Managed 10 Gigabit Switch

Overview:

When Enterprise deployments need flexibility and speed in a stackable switch, they turn to ZyXEL’s XGS4000 Series of Enterprise grade switches. Flexibility comes with the inclusion of 24 copper and 24 fiber shared ports, providing you with full flexibility across all 24 ports to run exactly the type of wiring you require. This flexibility saves time on installation and saves money by allowing you to reuse existing wiring as you see fit. High speed is provided by a 144Gbs switching capability, 12G uplink ports, and optional 10G uplinks provide enough bandwidth for the most demanding networks.

The ZyXEL Gigabit Switch 4500 Series consists of two switches: the ZyXEL XGS-4528F and XGS-4526. These are intelligent multilayer (L2/L3/L4) Ethernet switches that provide four flexible performance choices—10/100/1000 Mbps and 10 Gbps speeds, along with enterpriseclass availability, resiliency and a redundant architecture. The 4500 Series offers complete Layer-3 features to make it the preferred choice for real routing networks in the enterprise.

The XGS-4528F features a very unique design in its hardware configuration. With 24 Gigabit dual-personalities, 2 built-in 12G stacking interfaces and 1 open slot for the optional 10- Gigabit uplink port module, the XGS-4528F provides the maximum flexibility on deployment.

• 24 dual personality Gigabit ports
• Two built-in12G Stacking Interfaces
• 1 open slots for optional 2 10G Uplinks
• L3 Advanced Routing Protocols, OSPF, VRRP
• Multilayer-aware (L2/L3/L4) ACL for Security Protection and traffic optimization
• Port Security and Enhanced 802.1x Port Authentication
• Backup Power System Support

Features & Benefits:

• L3 advanced routing protocols, OSPF, VRRP
• Multilayer-aware (L2/L3/L4) ACL for security protection and traffic optimization
• IGMPv3, DVMRP, MVR
• Port security and enhanced 802.1x port authentication
• VLAN stacking (QinQ) for network-based VPN or campus VPN
• 802.1x authentication
• ZyXEL iStackingTM technology clustering network management
• SNMP & RMON support
• IEEE 802.1p 8 hardware priority queue
• WFQ, WRR and SPQ queuing algorithms
• Backup power system support

Unique 24 GbE Copper and Fiber connectivity in a 1U-height Design - Unlike competitor’s offering of individual models for GbE copper and fiber connectivity, the leading architecture of XGS-4528F delivers 24 1000Base-T copper interfaces with standard RJ-45 connectors and 24 SFP slots in a 1U, 19” enclosure, this unique benefit gives network designers the highest flexibility and cost saving from equipment investment, network administration and maintenance.

Built-in Stacking Ports Eliminate Hidden Cost on Network Expansion - With the two high performance 12G stacking ports on back panel, over 10 units of XGS-4528F can be easily hard-stacked in a ring architecture, this feature makes XGS-4528F highly scalable and eases the network expansion and administration. Moreover, these two stacking ports come with every XGS-4528F unit, customers have no need to spend extra expense for buying stacking modules and stacking cables.

True Wirespeed L3 Switching for High Performance Network - Each XGS-4528F provides 144Gbps switching capacity, wirespeed performance is delivered on all GbE copper/fiber ports within the stack, as well as stacking ports and optional 10G uplinks. Advanced L3 switching, multicasting, resiliency including OSPF, DVMRP, VRRP help deliver optimal performance for entire network.

Managed L2 and L3 Gigabit connectivity for lower future expansion and upgrading costs - The ZyXEL Switch 4500 Series provides wirespeed Layer-2 Gigabit switching of up to 144 Gbps, along with advanced Layer-3 switching, multicasting, resiliency including OSPF, DVMRP and VRRP for connectivity requirements. Its four flexible speeds—10/100/1000 Mbps and 10 Gbps performance— also provide greater flexibility to the core networks or high-performance servers.

Intelligent QoS for mission critical applications ensure best network status - With more applications integrated into IP-based networks, traffic flows become more complicated and diverse than ever. To ensure the quality of multiple services on a converged network, adopting advanced traffic control technologies to manage different types of traffic flows is critical and necessary to enterprises.

The ZyXEL 4500 Series supports Intelligent QoS features to regulate network traffics for the best performance. Taking advantage of Class of Service (CoS) and Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) supports, administrators can easily classify and perform traffic prioritizing for critical business applications such as VoIP and video conferencing. In addition, the 4500 Series provides advanced bandwidth control with granularity of 64 kbps and 8 hardware priority queues that bring better bandwidth administration to network operators.

Robust and high-availability system design guarantee non-stop operations - The ZyXEL 4500 Series supports the VRRP routing protocol for failover transmissions. The second DC power source, called BPS, protects the device from internal AC power supply failures, while the IEEE 802.3ad Link aggregation reduces network downtime by providing more packet paths and bandwidth aggregation to critical paths. The Gigabit connectivity not only gives superb transmission bandwidth, but also allows users to set up Gigabit aggregation for securing critical transmission paths. The IEEE 802.1w Rapid spanning tree (RSTP) also allows immediate recovery from failed links by sending packets via a backup link path.

Hassle-free network management and stacking capability of up to 24 units - The ZyXEL 4500 Series provides various network management options for administrators to choose to manage the switch using friendly Web-based configuration or convenient text-based CLI (Command Line Interface), and it also supports SNMP-based, centralized management software for switch maintenance to be done remotely. On the other hand, the 4500 Series supports the ZyXEL-exclusive iStacking™ clustering management technology that works across different floors and routing domains to locate other iStacking-capable switches in the same management cluster, allowing administrators to manage 24 switches with one single IP. This not only greatly reduces operating costs, but also offers more flexible maintenance to ZyXEL Switches.

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Model Comparison:

Feature/Model:	XGS-4528F	XGS-4526
Port Density
10/100/1000Base-T	-	20
Dual Personality GbE Ports	24	4
10G Extend Slot	1	1
12G Stacking Port	2	-
Performance
Switching Capacity, Gbps	144	96
Switching Forwarding Rate, Mpps	100	71.5
Packet Buffer, Bytes	768K	768K
MAC Address	8K	8K
IP Address Table	2K	2K
Routing Entries	512	512
Routing Domains	64	64
Power Requirement
Input Voltage of AC	100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz	100 - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Input Voltage of DC	-48 to -60 V DC	-
Maximum Power Consumption, Watt	62.8	62.8
Environmental Specification
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C	0°C to 45°C
Storage Temperature	-25°C to 70°C	-25°C to 70°C
Operating Humidity	10% to 90%, (non-condensing)	10% to 90%, (non-condensing)
Physical Feature
Dimensions, (W) x (D) x (H) mm	438 x 310 x 44.5	438 x 310 x 44.5
Weight, kg	4.9	4.8

 

Documentation:

Download the ZyXEL Switch 4500 Series Data Sheet (PDF).