Managed G302 and unmanaged G303 support full or half duplex operation, fast non-blocking store-and-forward switching, and auto-negotiation as well as Layer 2 switching. Each switch provides up to 16 Gigabit Ethernet ports on back or 3 ports on front panel and 13 on rear. In peripheral slot, switches can take over tasks for connecting external devices without any software overhead. In system slot, switches foster multi-computer architectures with CPU cards plugged into peripheral slots.
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