Special Features:

Features two and a half expansion slots: two slots for 8-port modules and a ^half^ slot for single-port fiber or copper uplink modules. All copper ports are 10/100 mbps, autosensing for speed and duplex. All fiber ports are 100-mbps multimode. True nonblocking architecture with full wire-speed forwarding

Properties:

An electronic device which provides for the transfer of the electrical signal input from one component to another, or between two or more components. It may also provide a continuous sequency of switching or sampling of a number of circuits. See also gate, electronic.