NETGEARXS716T-100NES - ProSAFE 16-Port 10 GIGABIT Ethernet Smart Managed Switch

Leading the industry with the 2nd generation of 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switches Purposely Designed for SMB with Cost-Effective 10GBASE-T Connectivity and Advanced L2+/ Layer 3 Lite Features As a leading provider of network equipment for SMBs NETGEAR® understands the importance of reliable and high performance networks. With the growth of virtualization cloud-based services and applications like VoIP video streaming and IP surveillance SMB networks need to extend beyond simple reliability to higher speed and performance. The 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switch series from NETGEAR presents the right solution for this requirement; delivering unprecedented non-blocking 10-Gigabit bandwidth at an affordable cost. The NETGEAR ProSAFE® XS708T XS716T XS728T and XS748T are powerful Smart Managed Switches that come with 8 16 24 or 44 10-Gigabit Copper ports and either 2 Shared (Combo) Copper/SFP+ ports (XS708T/XS716T) or 4 additional Dedicated SFP+ ports (XS728T/XS748T) for 10G Fiber links. The NETGEAR 10-Gigabit Smart Managed Switches are purposely designed as a cost-effective way to provide 10G connections to 10G-capable servers and NAS (Network Attached Storage) systems.They can be used at the "center of a small business network" or as an aggregation /access switch in a larger organization including workgroup access connecting to a 10-Gigabit NETGEAR ProSAFE Fully Managed Switch on one end and extending the 10G connections to the edge. The XS708T and XS716T are also ideal for smaller workgroups that need high bandwidth for sharing collaborating editing and publishing high-density content like video or animation.