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What's the difference between the 3300 and 3500 series PowerConnects?
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What's the difference between the 3300 and 3500 series PowerConnects?
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DELL-Willy M
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March 8th, 2013 09:00
3300 Product Overview
The PowerConnect 3324 is a 24 port Fast Ethernet switch that includes two Gigabit Ethernet ports in a rack-dense 1U form factor. The PowerConnect 3348 is a 48 port Fast Ethernet switch that includes two Gigabit Ethernet ports in a rack-dense 1U form factor.
Here are a couple White pages about the different devices.
www.andovercg.com/.../dell-powerconnect-3300-switches.pdf
www.dell.com/.../pwcnt_3500_spec.pdf
The biggest difference is going to be the switching capacity.
3500 - switching capacities of up to 12.8 Gbps (3524 and 3524P) and 17.6 Gbps (3548 and 3548P)
3300 - Switching Capacity 8.8 Gbps Switching Capacity 13.6 Gbps Forwarding Rate 6.5 Mpps Forwarding Rate 10.1 Mpps
3500 Introduction
Dell™ PowerConnect™ 3524/3548 and PowerConnect 3524P/3548P are stackable, advanced
multi-layer devices. PowerConnect units can function either as stand-alone, multi-layer, switching
devices or stackable devices with up to eight stacking members.
System Description
PowerConnect 3524/3548 and PowerConnect 3524P/3548P combine versatility with minimal
management. The PowerConnect 3524 and 3548 series include the following device types:
• PowerConnect 3524
• PowerConnect 3524P
• PowerConnect 3548
• PowerConnect 3548P
PowerConnect 3524
The PowerConnect 3524 provides 24 10/100Mbps ports plus two SFP ports, and two Copper ports
which can be used to forward traffic in a stand-alone device, or as stacking ports when the device is
stacked. The device also provides one RS-232 console port. The PowerConnect 3524 is a stackable
device, but also operates as a stand-alone device.
PowerConnect 3524P
The PowerConnect 3524P provides 24 10/100Mbps ports plus two SFP ports, and two Copper ports
which can be used to forward traffic in a stand-alone device, or as stacking ports when the device is
stacked. The device also provides one RS-232 console port. The PowerConnect 3524P is a stackable
device, but also operates as a stand-alone device. The PowerConnect 3524P also provides Power over
Ethernet (PoE).