An ideal companion to the rapidly emerging class of 10-gigabit servers, the NETGEAR Pro SAFE 28-port Gigabit Stackable Smart Switch is the industry’s first smart switch with 10-gigabit connectivity – delivering maximum throughput in SMB networks for demanding tasks such as data replication & backup, virtualization, video on demand & high-volume transaction processing. At less than half the cost of a managed switch, the Pro SAFE 28-Port Gigabit Smart Switch provides 24 gigabit ports for connecting devices to the network, along with four 10GE SFP+ ports for stacking or uplink to servers. GS728TXS is able to be mixed & matched with GS752TXS in the same stack. As many as six switches can be stacked for a total of 300 network ports, with full redundancy for unsurpassed reliability. The GS728TXS offers a rich enterprise-class feature set, including advanced traffic management & security, yet can be easily configured & monitored through a web-based graphical user interface. Industry's First Smart Switch with 10G uplinks & stacking Designed to provide 10 Gigabit connectivity to servers with superior performance, expandability & resiliency Cost-effective solution for SMBs deploying Server & storage Virtualization