The trend of moving matrix switching into the Ethernet network is inevitable and SDVoE already delivers capabilities far beyond that of a traditional matrix switch. Historically it has been simple to design AV over IP systems of up to 96 I/Os using a single switch using Layer-2 Multicast IGMP. However, larger installations required data center-class 100G Ethernet switches with more complex Layer-3 Multicast Routing techniques, adding complexity and cost to the Ethernet infrastructure. As SDVoE systems become ever larger, a new class of switches has come to market.The M4500 switches combine the configurability of a matrix switch with the power and scalability of Ethernet to support hundreds of AV over IP endpoints, at a price point dramatically cheaper than comparable matrix switches. Removing the need for Layer-3 PIM routing, these new switches offer IGMP Plus and greatly simplify system architectures with the same well-known IGMP techniques across the entire AV over IP network.

10G to 100G solution
- The M4500-32C offers 32-port QSFP28 preconfigured for 100G and can support 40G QSFP+ and 50G QSFP28 optics or DAC cables
- The M4500-48XFC offers 48-port SFP28 preconfigured for 10G with 8-port 100G QSFP28 uplinks, and the SFP28 ports can support 10G and 25G

Pro AV installations
- Installers opting to use M4500 switches model in their installation will find that it is already preconfigured out of the box
- True AV and multicast Zero Touch network configuration: Connect AV over IP encoders and decoders, and power on the switch. It just works!

Higher availability
- To meet the requirements of high performance, high availability, fast scale out, low latency performance, and continuous serviceability in sensible applications
- 1+1 power and 4+2 fan redundancy, x86 Intel Atom® Processor C3558 with 8GB DDR3/ECC RAM and 128GB SSD storage

Intelligent IGMP Plus
- IGMP Plus multicast allows for scalable Pro AV installations at Layer 2 without the PIM (Protocol Independent Multicast) complexity
- IGMP Plus is default on VLAN 1 out of the box and can be configured on another VLAN for automatic IGMP across switches on that VLAN

Industry standard management
- Industry standard command line interface (CLI), SSH, SNMP, sFlow, MLAG
- Out of band 1 Gigabit Ethernet port for management and simplified macro-commands for AV over IP configuration

Software:
- Advanced classifier-based, time-based hardware implementation for L2 (MAC), L3 (IP) and L4 (UDP/TCP) security and prioritization
- Selectable Port-Channel / LAG (802.3ad - 802.1AX) L2/L3/L4 hashing for fault tolerance and load sharing with any Ethernet channeling
- Up to 64 Link Aggregation Groups (LAG, Port-Channel, LACP) with 32 ports per LAG and Multi-chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG)
- Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 static and dynamic routing including IP Multinetting/CIDR, PBR, VRRPv2, OSPFv3, PIM-SM6, BGP4, VRF-Lite
- Enhanced IPv4/IPv6 multicast forwarding with IGMPv3/MLDv2 and IGMP Plus enhancement at the VLAN level
- IGMP Plus enhanced implementation for automatic multicast across a L2 network (igmp-plus easy macro-command)
- High performance IPv4/IPv6 multicast routing with PIM-SM and PIM-SM6 associated with unicast static routes, or other L3 protocol
- Advanced IPv4/IPv6 security including malicious code detection, DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, and Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
- Priority-Based Flow Control (PFC), DCBX Bridging, Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) and VXLAN Gateway for server installations

Availability:
- Two (2) redundant, modular power supplies are pre-installed contributing to business continuity management
- Six (6) hot-swappable fan trays are pre-installed for 4+2 fan redundancy
- Spine and leaf architecture with every leaf switch (10G/25G access) connecting to every spine switch (distributed 100G core)
- Up to 48 paths ECMP routing for load balancing and redundancy
- Link Dependency feature enables or disables ports based on the link state of different ports

Management:
- Industry standard SNMP, RMON, MIB, LLDP, AAA, sFlow and RSPAN remote mirroring implementation
- Service port for out-of-band 1 Gigabit Ethernet management (OOB)
- Standard RS232 straight-through RJ45 for local management console (USB 2.0 to RS232 converter with PL203 chipset is advised)
- Non-Disruptive Configuration for applying a new configuration file without disrupting the operation of unchanged features
- Industry standard command line interface (CLI) only