The Brocade Fast Iron WS series switches are entry-level enterprise campus switches that provide cost-effective connectivity, Po E for Vo IP, & a rich feature set for optimizing the network all the way to the edge. The Brocade Fast Iron Workgroup Switch (WS) series is a complete line of one rack unit (1RU) enterprise-class Layer 2/ Layer 3 switches. The Fast Iron WS series extends the Brocade broad edge-to-core networking portfolio with a value line of intelligent edge switches designed for small & medium businesses (SMB), branch offices, & distributed enterprises with changing business needs, without compromising performance & reliability. The Fast Iron WS switches are available in 24- & 48-port 10/100 or 10/100/1000 Mbps models, with or without IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (Po E), for enterprise edge networking, security, & unified communication (UC) needs. Featuring standards-based Po E, the Fast Iron WS delivers the scalability, quality of service assurance, resilience, & Vo IP-readiness needed to implement a high-value converged solution at the network edge. Combining Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Po E, & intelligent fault detection with a feature rich, secure, highly reliability solution, the Fast Iron WS series offers maximum productivity & investment protection. This cost-effective, high-performance compact solution enables the deployment of applications such as IP telephony, wireless access, Web TV, video surveillance, building management systems, triple play
- voice, video & data, & remote video kiosks. The Fast Iron WS series can also be deployed in metro area networks connecting branch offices with 1 Gb E uplinks. In this environment, important features include Brocade Metro Ring Protocol for building resilient ring-based topologies, VLAN stacking, & multicast capabilities such as IGMP v 1/v 2/v 3 & MLD v 1/v 2 snooping for controlling multicast traffic in high- bandwidth content distribution applications. The Fast Iron WS series s