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Sometimes, all you need to make your networks operate more smoothly is a few more open ports. Managing a network is easier when you can include more intelligent hubs and better hardware routing, which is why these refurbished WS-X6748-GE-TX Cisco switch modules are the perfect way to permanently improve your networking capacity.

Like many Cisco Catalyst interface cards, the WS-X6748-GE-TX fits into the standard expansion slot in any Catalyst 6500 series case. While it wasn’t exclusively designed for high speed interfaces, the fact that the 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports do support Jumbo Frames means that large data transfers are not a problem. This factor, along with some innovative hardware features, makes the module great for network admins who want to improve connectivity and increases organization by upping the number of routing nodes on their networks. It also ensures that your networks can support multiple device classes, a must for enterprise architectures.

The WS-X6748-GE-TX works well with both Cisco’s proprietary Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) and the more widely used Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP). By supporting both, the WS-X6748-GE-TX ensures greater availability when routers fail, regardless whether the nodes in question were Cisco devices or not. In addition, built-in Time-Domain Reflectometry, or TDR, analysis functions make it easy to determine where discontinuities are and correct them, thus keeping networks running reliably.

The WS-X6748-GE-TX Cisco Catalyst interface card is IEEE 802 compliant and supports spanning trees, VLANs and Cisco’s own Gigabit EtherChannel. It also takes advantage of Quality of Service, auto-negotiation and multiple remote management protocols to ensure that your administrative tasks remain easy to handle, regardless of how you prefer to administer your networks.