OVERVIEW M6100: The Latest Advances in Hardware and Software Engineering for Higher Flexibility, Lower Complexity and Stronger Investment Protection, at a High-Value Price Point. The NETGEAR® 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. * Proficient access layer in campus LAN networks, and competent distribution or core layer for midsize organizations networks * Advanced Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4 feature set - no license required - including PBR, BGP, DCBX, PFC, ETS and FCoE FIP * 1.4 Tbps switching and routing capacity, passive backplane, management and fabric nonstop forwarding redundancy * Up to 144 (Gigabit) ports, or 72 (10 Gigabit) ports, or a combination of both in dense form factor models * PoE+ (30 watts per port) and UPOE (60 watts per port) modular, flexible implementation * Ultra-low latency and scalable table size with 32K MAC, 8K ARP/NDP, 4K VLANs, 12K routes NETGEAR Warranty *This product is backed by a NETGEAR ProSAFE® Lifetime Hardware Warranty. *Lifetime Next Business Day Hardware Replacement. Click here ( ) for coverage, availability and terms and conditions. *ProSUPPORT 24x7 Advanced Technical Support via phone for 90 days (Remote diagnostics performed by our technical experts for prompt resolution of technical issues). ProSUPPORT coverage can be extended by purchasing one, three, or five year contracts. *ProSUPPORT Lifetime 24x7 Advanced Technical Support via chat. (Remote diagnostics performed by our technical experts for prompt resolution of technical issues). TECH SPECS Product Number *XCM8944 Model Description *M6100 Series 40x1G and 4x10G Blade Ordering Number *XCM8944-10000S RJ45 Ports *40 x 10/100/1000 *2 x 10GBASE-T (independent) Fiber SFP+ (1000/10G) *2 x SFP+ (independent) Power over Ethernet *40 x PoE 802.3af & PoE+ 802.3at with XCM89P daughter card *40 x PoE 802.3af & PoE+ 802.3at & UPOE with XCM89UP daughter card Feature Set *License-free L2/L3/L4 and IPv4/IPv6 advanced software package Form Factor *I/O Blade WEBSITE *Technical specification: http://www.netgear.com/business/products/switches/managed/XCM8944.aspx#tab-overview