- Dual fabric slots and ten line card slots
- Power over Ethernet providing standards-based IEEE 802.3at class 4 and IEEE 802.3af class 3
- Ethernet Protected Switched Rings (EPSR)
- Upstream Forwarding Only (UFO) mode
- IGMP snooping
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Egress port rate limiting
- 802.1x port authentication
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) filtering
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
The SwitchBlade x3112 is a 12-slot access edge chassis switch primarily targeted for service provider fiber access networks, and equally at home at the enterprise network edge and the data center. The switch was designed to deliver high availability, maximum performance with wire speed non-blocking backplane performance, and high port count.
The SwitchBlade x3112 is a versatile carrier class FTTx platform for delivering Gigabit services to residential, Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) and business customers in the last mile. It features redundant power supplies, controllers and WAN ports to ensure reliability standards in carrier networks are met, along with powerful sub-50 millisecond failover protection using EPSR ring for link level protection.
The SwitchBlade x3112 is designed to deliver 99.999% reliability, while offering high availability with sub-millisecond hitless failover for mission-critical applications where uptime is essential such as data centers, hospitality, government, and financial institutions.