MES-3728

24-port Metro Fast Ethernet Layer-2 Managed Switch

Ethernet Innovations for Connected Life

24 Auto MDI/MDI-X 100BASE-TX ports for subscribers
2 1000Mbps ports that are compliant with IEEE802.3x/ab
2 SFP open slot for cascading Ports for Cascading
External Alarm Block (4 inputs, 1 output)
16K Layer-2 MAC addresses table
Supports 1MB on-chip packet buffer
Authentication and accounting by RADIUS / TACACS+
IEEE 802.3ah OAM

The MES-3728 is ZyXEL's newly launched Carrier Ethernet Switch. Its high-performance hardware platform and new physical features enable service providers to easily extend network topologies, while the robust security and management functions help customers to fulfill differentiated metro Ethernet service needs. The MES-3728 not only represents ZyXEL's entry into the Metropolitan Ethernet networking arena, but also demonstrates the company's technical capability on Metro Ethernet deployments.



	Benefits			Specification

Benefits

Secure Multi-Service Delivery and Quality

The ZyXEL MES-3728 is a carrier-class Ethernet switch based on a high-performance hardware platform with robust security, Quality of Service (QoS) and management features to deliver intelligent connectivity for differentiated metro Ethernet services. With new features like VLAN Stacking (also known as VLAN Tunneling) and VLAN Translation*, it is capable of isolating individual customer traffics from internal signaling of the core networks.

Advance Mechanical Design for Metro Ethernet

Designed for Metro Ethernet deployments, The MES-3728 offers high operating temperature tolerance, flexible AC/DC dual-input power source as well as protection against humidity and dust for service providers to extend their networks. Since MES-3728 adopts the "front access" design, technicians can easily wire and maintain outdoor cabinets; the external alarm input/output block connects mechanical cabinet parts to the management networks and offers higher protection to the equipment. Moreover, the PWM control fan module not only reduces noise, but also extends MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) to boost mechanical reliability.

* Future Release

Specification

Standard Compliance

IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet
IEEE 802.3u 100 Base-Tx Ethernet
IEEE 802.ab 1000 Base-T Ethernet
IEEE 802.ah 1000BASE-BX10-U Ethernet
IEEE 802.ah 1000BASE-BX10-D Ethernet
IEEE 802.3z
IEEE 802.3x Flow control
IEEE 802.1D Spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning tree protocol
IEEE 802.1p Class of service, priority protocols
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging
IEEE 802.1x Port Authentication
IEEE 802.3ad LACP aggregation
IEEE802.1ag CFM

Performance

Wire-speed throughput,
1488000pps for 1000Base-T, 64byte packet
148800pps for 100Base-TX, 64byte packet
Non-blocking 12.8Gbps switching fabric in MES-3728

MAC and Packet Buffer

16K MAC entries
1MB on Chip Packet Buffer

Traffic Management and QoS

802.1p with 8 CoS per port
SPQ/WRR/WFQ
Port based rate limiting
Policy based rate limiting
Port based traffic shaping
Rule-based bandwidth control
Port-based egress traffic shaping
Rule-based traffic mirroring
IGMP snooping (IGMP v1/v2/v3,)
TRTCM

Link Aggregation

IEEE 802.3ad LACP link aggregation compliant
Support static manually port trunking
Up to 6 aggregation groups, 8 ports/per group randomly selected

Resilient Network

IEEE802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
IEEE802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
BPS (Backup Power System)

User Security and Authentication

Static MAC Filtering
Limiting MAC number per port
802.1x Authentication
Port based VLAN
802.1Q VLAN
SSH
SSL
Wire speed filtering per MAC/IP/TCP/UDP
Wire speed rate limiting per MAC/IP/TCP/UDP
Wire speed mirroring per MAC/IP/TCP/UDP

Management

iStacking™: Embedded web-based interface
Cisco like Command Line Interface via telnet or local console
Text-based configuration profile for massive deployment
Support standard Web-based browser
SNMP v2c,v3 manageable
RMON for system and performance monitoring
Telnet
Out-of –band MGMT Port
F/w upgrade, configuration backup/restore via ftp
Alarm led indicator for early warning of hardware troubles
Send system trap to trap server

Intelligent ACL (L2/L3/L4 Access List Control)

Based on Port
Based on MAC+VLAN ID
Based on IP Address (Source/Destination)
Based on L3 Protocol category
Based on TCP/UDP port number

Hardware Specifications

24 10/BASE-T
2 dual personality ports
2 mini-GBIC fiber ports
Auto-negotiation
Auto-MDIX
Compliant with IEEE 802.3/3u
Back pressure flow control for half duplex
Flow control for full duplex(IEEE 802.3x)
Connector:RJ-45/Gbe SFP

Physical Specification

Dimensions:438(W) × 215(D) × 44.45(H) mm
Weight:3.4 Kg

Environmental Specifications

Operating temperature:0°C ~ 65°C
Storage temperature:10°C ~ 70°C
Humidity:10%~99%(non-condensing)

Certificateion

UL 60950-1
CSA 60950-1
EN 60950-1
IEC 60950-1
FCC Part15(Class A)
CE EMC(Class A)