As a new member of the M4300 Layer 3 Stackable Family, the NETGEAR M4300-96X is a 2RU modular switch that comes either empty or pre-populated with 48 SFP+ ports, supporting 1.92 terabits per second (Tbps) of bandwidth and over 2,800 million packets per second (Mpps) across 96-port 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10GBASE-T (RJ-45) with first 48 ports capable of PoE+, 96-port 1G/10GBASE-X (SFP+), 24-port 40GBASE-X (QSFP+), or a combination. The M4300-96X is the world’s only modular solution starting at $100 per port (this is the street price when 96 SFP+ fiber ports and one PSU) and scaling up to 96 ports of 10G Ethernet by multiple of 8 ports, or up to 24 ports of 40G Ethernet by multiple of 2 ports. With 12 open slots and two redundant power supplies, the 96X allows for maximum granularity between copper and fiber and unrivalled headroom for organizations who buy infrastructure for the long term. Better than a fixed port solution, this modular switch lets you start small and grow later in “non-blocking” mode, just by adding port expansion cards. M4300 Spine and Leaf stacking technology with NSF provides world-class services for server and storage interconnect, mid-enterprise edge and SMB core. With the addition of the new 96X model, the M4300 family allows for 768-port 10G, 192-port 40G, 384-port 1G or a combination in one redundant, unstoppable system. More specifically, Spine & Leaf stacking topologies associated with Non-Stop Forwarding (NSF) offer advanced High Availability, hitless failover, zero downtime, East-West and North-South line-rate performance with load-balanced link aggregation from the edge to the core. SDVoE-Ready, M4300-96X streamlines audiovisual display solutions, replacing 24x24 and 48x48 matrix switchers all with one switch, plug and play and ready to grow as per your requirements. To take the complexity out of your AV-over-IP deployment, NETGEAR created M4300 switches that are preconfigured for easy, true AV and multicast Zero Touch network configuration. Namely, IGMP Snooping, IGMP Fast Leave, IGMP Querier are already enabled. From a software standpoint, Layer 3 feature set includes static and policy-based routing, RIP, VRRP, OSPF, and PIM dynamic routing – as standard. The NETGEAR M4300 Switch Series is ready for the future, with Software-defined Network (SDN) and OpenFlow 1.3 enabled for your network. M4300-96X is backed by NETGEAR ProSAFE Lifetime Limited Warranty and 24/7 support including lifetime chat.
