NanoSWITCH™ FLEX

Networking in the Field

Reliable connections for real-time communication

Securely enable the transmission of vital data across all network-connected communications devices on-board ground, air and sea platforms for situational awareness and real-time decisions.The IP67-sealed NanoSWITCH™ FLEX is a rugged, 10/16 port Gigabit Ethernet switch designed for space-constrained environments. 

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Features

Highlights

  • Rugged layer 2/layer 3 GigE Ethernet switch
  • Passively cooled 1.7"x 6"x 9.8" small form factor
  • Less than 3.0 lb
  • MIL-STD 1275E, 461F, 810G
  • Environmentally sealed to IP67 for water, dust, salt, fog protection
  • Sealed MIL connectors
  • Operating temperature: -40°C to 71°C

Features

  • Fully managed L2/L3, 16 or 10 port GigE Ethernet switch
    • 16x or 10x tri-mode 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T
  • Full wire-speed non-blocking forwarding
    • Layer-2 wire speed switching engine and Layer-3 wire speed routing engine
    • Fully non-blocking wire –speed performance with all ports and all
      frame sizes
  • QoS management enabled by advanced queuing
  • IPv4/v6 differentiated services (DiffServ)/DSCP traffic prioritization specifications
  • WEB, NSP and CLI (terminal, ssh) configuration and monitoring
  • 802.1Q-based VLANs enabling and selective QnQ enabling
  • Port-level security via 802.1X authentication
  • 4/8/16 group LAG support with protocol (LACP)
  • All types of storm control
  • Port mirroring for noninvasive monitoring of switch traffic
  • Auto medium-dependent interface (MDI) and MDI crossover (MDIX)
  • Auto negotiate/manual setting
  • LEDs: Power, GigE Link/Act and Speed – all blankable

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Specifications

Switch Architecture 

  • 10x or 16x GigE Ethernet ports with auto tri-speed 10/100/1000 Mbps and MDIX
  • L2/L3 enterprise non-blocking network switch for demanding SWAP-C environments
  • ECC protected DRAM
  • Marvell Prestera®-DX PONCat3 L2/L3 hardware packet processor
  • Glenair 801-033 Mighty Mouse series connectors, environmentally sealed
  • Wire speed ingress and egress traffic policers
  • Dual-core ARMv7 network management controller
  • Management via Ethernet (http/telnet/SNMP) or RS232 (CLI) host management

Layer 2/Layer 3 Features

  • 16K L2 forwarding entries
  • 802.1w rapid spanning tree
  • 802.1s spanning tree protocol
  • 802.3ad link aggregation/LACP
  • 4-16 LAGs
  • 802.1Q VLANs (256-4 K VLANs)
  • 802.1AB link layer discovery protocol
  • Port mirroring
  • Jumbo frames (10 KB)
  • 802.3x PAUSE
  • Static MAC addresses
  • IGMPv1, 2, 3 snooping
  • MLDv1, 2 snooping

Power

  • 28 V nominal isolated power input to MIL-STD-1275E
  • +/- 250 V transient, 100 V surge, 12 V starting surge capable
  • Voltage ripple filtering
  • 28 W maximum (20-26 W Typical)
  • Status LED blanking control
  • MIL-STD-1275E compatible power supply with MIL-STD-461F EMI filtering

 

Environmental

MIL-STD-810G Environmental Compliance

  • IP67 environmentally sealed (water, dust, salt, fog)
  • Sealed MIL connectors
  • Altitude: 15,000 ft
  • Immersion: 1 m
  • Storage temperature: -50°C to 105°C
  • Operating temperature: -40°C to 71°C
  • Shock: 50 g, 25 ms half sine, all directions
  • Vibration: 5 G RMS 8 Hz to 2 KHz, composite wheeled, cargo jet, helicopter profiles

MIL Specification Compliance

  • MIL-STD-1275E - Ground vehicle power
  • MIL-STD-461F - EMC Army ground, Navy ground
  • MIL-STD-810G - Environmental

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