Product Datasheet
Highlights
Word-class availability
•Dependablecontinuityofoperationswith
non-stopswitching,non-stoproutingand
hitlessfailoversupportedforbothfabric
andmanagement
•N+1redundancyforpowersuppliesand
loop-free,disruption-freemulti-chassis
linkaggregation(MLAG)
High speed performance
•1.4Tbpstotalrouting/switchingcapacity
andupto1,071Mppsintra-blade
throughput
•480Gbpsdistributedfabricinter-module
witheachslotproviding2x40Gaccessto
thepassivebackplane(80Ghalf-duplex;
160Gfull-duplex)
Extra high-density
•Only4Uheight(7inches-17.59cm)and
17.39inchesdepth(44.16cm)
•Supports144RJ4510/100/1000
ports,or120SFP100/1000ports,or
72RJ4510GBASE-Tports,or48SFP+
1000/10GBASE-Xports,oracombination
Higher flexibility
•Distributedfabricremovestheneedfora
dedicatedsupervisorymoduleyetprovides
passivebackplane,redundantfabricand
redundantmanagement
•AnyI/Obladespareshardwareandsoware
distributedfabriconboard,facilitating
campusmanagement,maintenanceand
upgrades
Lower complexity
•Entirefeaturesetincludingdatacenter
(DCBX,PFC,ETS,FIPSnooping)and
advancedIPv6L3routing(OSPF,PBR,BGP)
isavailablewithoutalicense
•Innovativeslot-1supervisoryandslot-2
backupsupervisorydesignsimpliesthe
entirechassisinstallationandongoing
maintenancetasks
Investment protection
•Multi-roleversatileplatformengineered
forcost-eectiveGigabitedge,exible
Gigabit/10Gigabitdistributionandscalable
10Gigabitcoreapplications
•AnyGigabitcopperbladecanbeupgraded
withPoE+30WorUPOE60Wdaughter
cardanddowngradedlateriftheapplication
haschanged
Industry standard management
•Industrystandardcommandlineinterface
(CLI),functionalNETGEARwebinterface
(GUI),SNMP,sFlowandRSPAN
•Single-pane-of-glassNMS300
managementplatformwithcentralized
rmwareupdatesandmass-conguration
support
Industry leading warranty
•NETGEARM6100seriesiscoveredunder
NETGEARProSafeLifetimeHardware
Warranty*
•90daysofTechnicalSupportviaphoneand
email,LifetimeTechnicalSupportthrough
onlinechatandLifetimeNextBusinessDay
hardwarereplacement
Page 2 -3 Models at a glance
Page 4 Product brief
Page 5- 13 Modern access layer features highlights
Page 14- 15 Target application
Page 16 -21 Components and modules
Page 22 -48 Technical specifications and ordering information
ProSAFE® LAN Access and Aggregation Chassis Switches Data Sheet
M6100 series
Page 1 of 48
The NETGEAR® LAN Access and Aggregation Chassis M6100
series delivers L2/L3/L4 and IPv4/IPv6 rich services for
enterprise edge and SMB core deployments, as well as 1G/10G
mixed infrastructures in server rooms. Innovative distributed
fabric provides non-stop forwarding resiliency and world-class
availability - including passive backplane, hitless failover,
redundant fabric and redundant management - without having
to pay the exorbitant acquisition and maintenance costs
associated by other networking vendors in this class. NETGEAR
Lan Access and Aggregation Chassis Switch solutions combine
the latest advances in hardware and soware engineering for
higher flexibility, lower complexity and stronger investment
protection, at a high-value price point.