NETGEAR ProSAFE M4300-8X8F 16 Ports 10-Gigabit Fully Managed Stackable Layer 3 Switch, 8 x 10G RJ45, 8 x 10G SFP+

M4300 series

The ProSAFE® M4300 Stackable L3 Managed Switch Series comes with 10G and 1G models in a variety of form factors and PoE+ full provisioning. SDN-ready with OpenFlow 1.3, M4300 Switch Series delivers IPv4/IPv6 rich services for mid-enterprise edge and SMB core with mixed stacking between 10 Gigabit and 1 Gigabit models. Layer 3 feature set includes static and policy-based routing, RIP, VRRP, OSPF, and PIM dynamic routing. M4300 is ideal for server aggregation with Auto-iSCSI prioritization, wireless access, unified communications and IP video.

NETGEAR M4300 series key features:

- Cost effective 1G access layer in campus LAN networks, and high performance 10G distribution layer for midsize organizations networks
- Advanced Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 feature set - no license required - including Policy Based Routing, RIP, VRRP, OSPF and PIM
- Innovative mixed "Spine and Leaf", 1G and 10G stacking with nonstop forwarding and hitless failover redundancy
- Low acoustics, half-width 16-port and 24-port 10G models can be paired in a single rack space for redundant Top of Rack
- Up to 384 (Gigabit) ports, or 384 (10 Gigabit) ports, or a combination of both in a single logical switch
- PoE+ (30 watts per port) with hot swap, redundant power supplies and full provisioning
- 48-port 10G models ultra-low latency and scalable table size with 128K MAC, 8K ARP/NDP, 4K VLANs, 12K routes
- Mixed Stack of 1G and 10G models provides 16K MAC, 2K ARP/NDP, 4K VLANs and 512 routes
- SDN-Ready OpenFlow 1.3 support for maximum investment protection

NETGEAR M4300 series software features:

- Advanced classifier-based, time-based hardware implementation for L2 (MAC), L3 (IP) and L4 (UDP/TCP transport ports) security and prioritization
- Selectable Port-Channel / LAG (802.3ad - 802.1AX) L2/L3/L4 hashing for fault tolerance and load sharing with any type of Ethernet channeling
- Voice VLAN with SIP, H323 and SCCP protocols detection and LLDP-MED IP phones automatic QoS and VLAN configuration
- Efficient authentication tiering with successive DOT1X, MAB and Captive Portal methods for streamlined BYOD
- Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 static and dynamic routing including Proxy ARP, OSPF, Policy-based routing and automatic 6-to-4 tunneling
- Enhanced IPv4/IPv6 multicast forwarding with IGMPv3/MLDv2 ASM and SSM Proxy and Control Packet Flooding protection
- High performance IPv4/IPv6 multicast routing with PIM timer accuracy and unhandled PIM (S,G,rpt) state machine events transitioning
- Advanced IPv4/IPv6 security implementation including malicious code detection, DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard protection and DoS attacks mitigation
- Innovative multi-vendor Auto-iSCSI capabilities for easier virtualization optimization

NETGEAR M4300 series resiliency and availability features

- Dual redundant, modular power supplies equipping full width models contribute to business continuity management
- Vertical or horizontal flexible stacking with management unit hitless failover and nonstop forwarding across operational stack members
- Spine and leaf architecture with every leaf switch (1G access switches) connecting to every spine switch (distributed 10G "core" switches)
- Stacking and distributed link aggregation allow for multi-resiliency with zero downtime and load balancing capabilities
- Link Dependency new feature enables or disables ports based on the link state of different ports
- Per VLAN Spanning Tree and Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVSTP/PVRSTP) offer interoperability with PVST+ infrastructures

NETGEAR M4300 series management features

- DHCP/BootP innovative auto-installation including firmware and configuration file upload automation
- Industry standard SNMP, RMON, MIB, LLDP, AAA, sFlow and RSPAN remote mirroring implementation
- Service port for out-of-band Ethernet management (OOB)
- Standard RS232 straight-through serial RJ45 and Mini-USB ports for local management console
- Standard USB port for local storage, logs, configuration or image files
- Dual firmware image and configuration file for updates with minimum service interruption
- Industry standard command line interface (CLI) for IT admins used to other vendors commands
- Fully functional Web console (GUI) for IT admins who prefer an easy to use graphical interface
- Single-pane-of-glass NMS300 management platform with mass-configuration support

NETGEAR M4300 series warranty and support

- NETGEAR ProSAFE Lifetime Hardware Warranty
- Included Lifetime Technical Support
- Included Lifetime Next Business Day Hardware Replacement