Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series
{"Image DocumentName": "Ethernet Routing Switch 3500 Series", "Image ImageDescription": "Compact Switches delivering cost-effective Fast Ethernet & Gigabit. Extends the values of Stackable Chassis to mid- market, Branches, and open environments. Always-on networking. Simplified edge operations. Energy Efficient. Position as an SME / mid- market / Branch Switch as opposed to an SMB Switch. Highlights. Cost effective solution. 80Gbps resilient virtual backplane option. Gigabit/10 Gigabit uplinks. Fanless options & PoE/PoE+ capabilities. ERS 3500 is a new series of six high-performance compact Ethernet switches designed specifically for smaller enterprise environments for SMEs, small branches and open environments. They address a couple of key requirements for us. The first is it gives us a cost-effective entry level Gigabit Ethernet switch in small 10 and 24 port form factors. Out of the 6 model variants \u2013 3 of them operate fanless and can be placed in open environments \u2013 like classrooms, boardrooms, hospitality suites etc. These products build off the latest release of the ERS 2500 products for software (version 4.4) -- and because of that we are able to offer over 100+ deployed enterprise class features \u2013 that are consistent with the rest of the stackable portfolio - in a form factor and price point that makes sense for the SME. One of the big differentiators of the product is that our Stackable Chassis Architecture will be available on the 24-port models \u2013it won\u2019t be there initially but will come in the 5.1 software release which will follow about 8 months post GA. Once stacking is enabled these products will scale to 80 Gigabits of virtual backplane capacity \u2013 which is massive for a product in this space. And like the new ERS 4000 product which we introduced at the end of last year \u2013 we also support PoE+ on these products. One key point about positioning is that really this is an SME switch as opposed to an SMB switch. Low end models in this series are in the  800 range so they are really not to be positioned against the ultra low end Net Gear or Dlink  100 or  200 switches. In terms of where we are at development wise.. beta testing is currently underway with the scheduled General Availability date being April 25th. In general, we\u2019ve seen a lot of opportunities for this product already \u2013 the factory forecast was actually bumped up by 300% in order to meet our expected demand so we feel that this product is going to be a big seller for us. Next slide please.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}