The Summit48 provides 10/100 Mbps aggregation in service provider data centers, server farms, metropolitan area networks, multi-tenant buildings, and wiring closets. It integrates seamlessly into networks while delivering high port density, wire-speed performance and low cost of ownership.With 48 switched 10/100 Mbps auto-negotiating Ethernet ports and two full-duplex GBIC-based 1000Base-SX, LX or LX-70 Gigabit Ethernet ports, Summit48 has a 17.5 Gbps non-blocking switch fabric and a forwarding rate of 10.1 million packets per second. Summit48 comes with wire-speed Layer 2 and wire-speed basic Layer 3 switching using static routing or RIP V1/V2 routing protocols. For easy scalability, the Summit48 upgrades to full Layer 3 switching with a simple upgrade key. The full Layer 3 switching includes support for protocols such as OSPF, DVMRP, PIM and IPX routing of multiple encapsulation types.