SMC Networks Debuts Line of Switches
TigerStack II 1000 stackable managed Layer 3 switches address growth of advanced networks.
SMC Networks, a provider of networking solutions for the SMB market, has launched its line of TigerStack II 1000 stackable, managed Layer 3 switches. The switches are 
designed to improve the performance of workgroup network.
The TigerStack II 1000 switches (SMC8926EM and SMC8950EM) deliver wire-speed Gigabit performance over 24 or 48 10/100/1000 BASE-T ports, and they feature two 10-G module slots to enable XFP 10G connections to the core of a network.
Leveraging 50 Gbps of High Gigabit stacking, the new switches provide connectivity to 200 high-speed nodes in any network managed under a single hardware stack. With up to four TigerStack II 1000 switches stacked together, the 89-Series switches provide up to 192 Gigabit ports and can deliver a switching capacity of up to 186 Gbps
According to SMC, the feature set of the TigerStack II 1000 switches were designed to provide performance and functionality as well as to protect hardware and network operation. “Support for both IPv4 and IPv6 management options provide future-proof flexibility and maintainability,” says the company, “and a redundant power option protects the network against primary power failure.”
“These new high-performance switches will be of particular interest to businesses that need to take their workgroup network infrastructures to the next level,” says Iain Kenney, director of product marketing at SMC Networks. “From both physical size and performance requirement standpoints, the TigerStack II 1000 switches will support growth well into the future.”
Keith Alexis, vice president of sales and marketing for SMC says the 89-Series switches represents “the start of an SMC evolution in both product solutions and image.” He adds, “we’ve added the ability to reduce cable management issues when attempting to link switches over longer distances in datacenters and other such environments by making available a 300 meter stacking cable with no latency degradation.”
