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CentreCOM® GS970M Series

Managed Gigabit Ethernet Switches
The Allied Telesis CentreCOM GS970M Series of Layer 3 Gigabit
switches offer an impressive set of features in a compact design,
making them ideal for applications at the network edge.

Overview Management Resiliency Features

Allied Telesis CentreCOM GS970M ‫ ۼ‬Allied Telesis Autonomous Management ‫ ۼ‬Control Plane Prioritization (CPP) ensures the CPU
Framework™ Plus (AMF Plus) enables powerful always has sufficient bandwidth to process network
Series switches provide an excellent
centralized management and zerotouch device control traffic
access solution for today’s networks, installation and recovery ‫ ۼ‬Dynamic link failover (host attach)
supporting Gigabit to the desktop for ‫ ۼ‬Manage the GS970M Series with Vista Manager ‫ ۼ‬EPSRing™ (Ethernet Protection Switched Rings)
maximum performance. The Power EX—our graphical single-pane-of-glass monitoring with enhanced recovery
over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) models and management tool for AMF Plus networks,
which also supports wireless and third party ‫ ۼ‬Loop protection: loop detection and thrash limiting
provide an ideal solution for connecting
devices ‫ ۼ‬PVST+ compatibility mode
and remotely powering wireless access
points, IP video surveillance cameras, ‫ ۼ‬From AW+ 5.5.2-2, an AMF Plus license operating ‫ ۼ‬STP root guard
in the network provides all standard AMF network ‫ ۼ‬UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
and IP phones. The GS970M models management and automation features, and also
feature 8, 16 or 24 Gigabit ports, enables the AMF Plus intent-based networking
and 2 or 4 SFP uplinks, for secure features menu in Vista Manager EX (from version Security Features
3.10.1 onwards) ‫ ۼ‬Access Control Lists (ACLs) based on Layer 2, 3
connectivity at the network edge. and 4 headers
‫ ۼ‬Console management port on the front panel for
ease of access ‫ ۼ‬Dynamic ACLs assigned via port authentication
Specifications ‫ ۼ‬Eco-friendly mode allows ports and LEDs to be ‫ ۼ‬ACL Groups enable multiple hosts/ports to be
disabled to save power included in a single ACL, reducing configuration
Performance
‫ ۼ‬Industry-standard CLI with context-sensitive help ‫ ۼ‬Configurable auth-fail and guest VLANs
‫ ۼ‬10KB L2 jumbo frames
‫ ۼ‬Powerful CLI scripting engine ‫ ۼ‬Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
‫ ۼ‬Wirespeed multicasting
(AAA)
‫ ۼ‬Up to 16K MAC addresses ‫ ۼ‬Comprehensive SNMP MIB support for standards-
based device management ‫ ۼ‬Bootloader can be password protected for device
‫ ۼ‬512MB DDR SDRAM (GS970M non PoE) security
‫ ۼ‬Built-in text editor
‫ ۼ‬256MB DDR SDRAM (GS970M PS) ‫ ۼ‬BPDU protection
‫ ۼ‬Event-based triggers allow user-defined scripts to
‫ ۼ‬4094 configurable VLANs (GS970M non PoE) be executed upon selected system events ‫ ۼ‬DHCP snooping, IP source guard and Dynamic ARP
‫ ۼ‬2048 configurable VLANs (GS970M PS) Inspection (DAI)
‫ ۼ‬SD/SDHC memory card socket allows software
‫ ۼ‬64MB flash memory release files, configurations and other files to be ‫ ۼ‬Dynamic VLAN assignment
‫ ۼ‬Packet Buffer memory: 1.5MB stored for backup and distribution to other devices ‫ ۼ‬MAC address filtering and MAC address lock-down
‫ ۼ‬Configurable logs and triggers provide an audit trail
Diagnostic tools of SD card insertion and removal
‫ ۼ‬Active Fiber Monitoring detects tampering on
optical links Quality of Service (QoS)
‫ ۼ‬Built-In Self Test (BIST) ‫ ۼ‬Eight priority queues with a hierarchy of high-
priority queues for real-time traffic, and mixed
‫ ۼ‬Find-me device locator scheduling, for each switch port
‫ ۼ‬Cable fault locator (TDR) ‫ ۼ‬Limit bandwidth per port or per traffic class down ‫ ۼ‬Modular AlliedWare Plus operating
‫ ۼ‬Optical Digital Diagnostics Monitoring (DDM) to 64kbps system
‫ ۼ‬Automatic link flap detection and port shutdown ‫ ۼ‬Wirespeed traffic classification with low latency
essential for VoIP and real-time streaming media
‫ ۼ‬Allied Telesis Autonomous Management
‫ ۼ‬Ping polling for IPv4 and IPv6
applications FrameworkTM Plus (AMF Plus) edge node
‫ ۼ‬Port and VLAN mirroring (RSPAN)
‫ ۼ‬Policy-based QoS based on VLAN, port, MAC and ‫ ۼ‬Vista Manager EX compatible
‫ ۼ‬TraceRoute for IPv4 and IPv6 general packet classifiers
‫ ۼ‬Eco-friendly
‫ ۼ‬Policy-based storm protection
IP Features ‫ ۼ‬IPv6 features
‫ ۼ‬IPv4 static routing and RIP ‫ ۼ‬Extensive remarking capabilities
‫ ۼ‬Taildrop for queue congestion control ‫ ۼ‬IEEE 802.1x/MAC/Web authentication
‫ ۼ‬Device management over IPv6 networks with support
SNMPv6, Telnetv6, SSHv6 ‫ ۼ‬Strict priority, weighted round robin or mixed
‫ ۼ‬NTPv6 client scheduling ‫ ۼ‬Graphical User Interface (GUI) for easy
‫ ۼ‬IPv6 Ready certified ‫ ۼ‬IP precedence and DiffServ marking based on management
Layer 2, 3 and 4 headers
‫ ۼ‬L3 features supported
‫ ۼ‬Static routing
‫ ۼ‬RIP

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Product Specifications

10/100/1000T (RJ-45) POE ENABLED

PRODUCT 100/1000X SFP PORTS TOTAL PORTS SWITCHING FABRIC FORWARDING RATE
COPPER PORTS PORTS
GS970M/10PS 8 2 10 8 20Gbps 14.9Mpps
GS970M/10 8 2 10 - 20Gbps 14.9Mpps
GS970M/18PS 16 2 18 16 36Gbps 26.8Mpps
GS970M/18 16 2 18 - 36Gbps 26.8Mpps
GS970M/28PS 24 4 28 24 56Gbps 41.7Mpps
GS970M/28 24 4 28 - 56Gbps 41.7Mpps

Physical specifications Latency (microseconds)

PRODUCT WIDTH X DEPTH X HEIGHT WEIGHT PACKAGED DIMENSIONS WEIGHT PORT SPEED
PRODUCT
210 x 275 x 42.5 mm 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) 43 x 36 x 15 cm 3.45 kg (7.6 lb) 10MBPS 100MBPS 1GBPS
GS970M/10PS
(8.27 x 10.83 x 1.67 in) (16.93 x 14.17 x 5.90 in)
GS970M/10 55µs 7.8µs 3.4µs
GS970M/10 265 x 180 x 42.5 mm 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) 43 x 36 x 15 cm 2.85 kg (6.3 lb)
(10.43 x 7.08 x 1.67 in) (16.93 x 14.17 x 5.90 in) GS970M/18 56µs 7.9µs 3.4µs

341 x 231 x 44 mm 3.0 kg (6.6 lb) 43 x 36 x 15 cm 4.35 kg (9.6 lb) GS970M/28 59µs 8.6µs 4.3µs
GS970M/18PS
(13.42 x 9.09 x 1.73 in) (16.93 x 14.17 x 5.90 in)

GS970M/18 341 x 231 x 44 mm 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) 43 x 36 x 15 cm 4.0 kg (8.8 lb)

(13.42 x 9.09 x 1.73 in) (16.93 x 14.17 x 5.90 in)

GS970M/28PS 440 x 290 x 44 mm 4.7 kg (10.4 lb) 53 x 43 x 15 cm 6.35 kg (14.0 lb)

(17.32 x 11.42 x 1.73 in) (20.86 x 16.93 x 5.90 in)

GS970M/28 341 x 231 x 44 mm 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) 43 x 36 x 15 cm 4.0 kg (8.8 lb)

(13.42 x 9.09 x 1.73 in) (16.93 x 14.17 x 5.90 in)

Power characteristics

NO POE LOAD FULL POE+ LOAD MAX POE MAX POE+

MAX POE
PRODUCT PORTS AT 15W PORTS AT 30W
MAX POWER MAX HEAT MAX POWER MAX HEAT POWER
NOISE NOISE PER PORT PER PORT
CONSUMPTION DISSIPATION CONSUMPTION DISSIPATION
GS970M/10PS 16W 55 BTU/hr 33 dBA 180W 126 BTU/hr 41 dBA 124W 8 4

GS970M/10 16W 55 BTU/hr Fanless - - - - - -

GS970M/18PS 21W 72 BTU/hr 34 dBA 330W 169 BTU/hr 42 dBA 247W 16 8
GS970M/18 18W 61 BTU/hr 29 dBA - - - - - -
GS970M/28PS 37W 127 BTU/hr 33 dBA 520W 303 BTU/hr 42 dBA 370W 24 12
GS970M/28 26W 89 BTU/hr 34 dBA - - - - - -

‫ ۼ‬Network Access and Control (NAC) features Safety and Electromagnetic Emissions
manage endpoint security EMI (Emissions) : FCC Class A, EN55022 Class A,
‫ ۼ‬Port-based learn limits (intrusion detection) EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3,
VCCI Class A, CISPR Class A
‫ ۼ‬Private VLANs provide security and port isolation EMC (Immunity) : EN55024
for multiple customers using the same VLAN Electrical and Laser Safety : EN60950-1 (TUV), UL 60950-
‫ ۼ‬Secure Copy (SCP) 1(cULus), EN60825-1
‫ ۼ‬Strong password security and encryption Compliance Marks UL, cUL, UL-EU, CE

‫ ۼ‬Tri-authentication: MAC-based, Web-based and

Restrictions on Hazardous Substances
IEEE 802.1x
(RoHS) Compliance
‫ۼ‬ ‫ ۼ‬EU RoHS compliant
Environmental Specifications
‫ ۼ‬China RoHS compliant
Operating ambient temp. 0°C to 50°C (32°F to 122°F)
Storage temp. -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
Operating humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing
Storage humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing
Maximum operating Altitude 3,000 m (9,842 ft)
Maximum Non operating Altitude 4,000 m (13,100 ft)
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Standards and Protocols RFC 4213 Transition mechanisms for IPv6 hosts and RFC 2474 DiffServ precedence for eight queues/port
routers RFC 2475 DiffServ architecture
Cryptographic Algorithms RFC 4291 IPv6 addressing architecture RFC 2597 DiffServ Assured Forwarding (AF)
FIPS Approved Algorithms RFC 4443 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) RFC 2697 A single-rate three-color marker
Encryption (Block Ciphers): RFC 4861 Neighbor discovery for IPv6 RFC 2698 A two-rate three-color marker
‫ ۼ‬AES (ECB, CBC, CFB and OFB Modes) RFC 4862 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration RFC 3246 DiffServ Expedited Forwarding (EF)
(SLAAC)
‫ ۼ‬3DES (ECB, CBC, CFB and OFB Modes)
RFC 5014 IPv6 socket API for source address selection Resiliency Features
Block Cipher Modes: RFC 5095 Deprecation of type 0 routing headers in IPv6 IEEE 802.1AXLink aggregation (static and LACP)
‫ۼ‬ CCM IEEE 802.1D MAC bridges
‫ۼ‬ CMAC Management IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
‫ۼ‬ GCM AMF Plus edge node1 IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
AT Enterprise MIB including AMF Plus MIB and SNMP traps IEEE 802.3ad Static and dynamic link aggregation
‫ۼ‬ XTS SNMPv1, v2c and v3
Digital Signatures & Asymmetric Key Generation: IEEE 802.1ABLink Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
‫ ۼ‬DSA RFC 1155 Structure and identification of management RFC 1058 Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
‫ ۼ‬ECDSA information for TCP/IP-based Internets RFC 2082 RIP-2 MD5 authentication
RFC 1157 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) RFC 2453 RIPv2
‫ ۼ‬RSA RFC 1212 Concise MIB definitions
Secure Hashing: RFC 1213 MIB for network management of TCP/IP-based Security Features
‫ ۼ‬SHA-1 Internets: MIB-II SSH remote login
‫ ۼ‬SHA-2 (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384. SHA-512) RFC 1215 Convention for defining traps for use with the SSLv2 and SSLv3
SNMP TACACS+ Accounting, Authentication and Authorisation
Message Authentication:
RFC 1227 SNMP MUX protocol and MIB
‫ ۼ‬HMAC (SHA-1, SHA-2(224, 256, 384, 512) RFC 1239 Standard MIB
(AAA)
Random Number Generation: IEEE 802.1X authentication protocols (TLS, TTLS, PEAP
RFC 1724 RIPv2 MIB extension and MD5)
‫ ۼ‬DRBG (Hash, HMAC and Counter) RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information v2 IEEE 802.1X multi-supplicant authentication
(SMIv2) IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control
Non FIPS Approved Algorithms RFC 2579 Textual conventions for SMIv2 RFC 2560 X.509 Online Certificate Status Protocol
RNG (AES128/192/256) RFC 2580 Conformance statements for SMIv2 (OCSP)
DES RFC 2674 Definitions of managed objects for bridges RFC 2818 HTTP over TLS (“HTTPS”)
MD5 with traffic classes, multicast filtering and RFC 2865 RADIUS authentication
VLAN extensions RFC 2866 RADIUS accounting
Ethernet RFC 2741 Agent extensibility (AgentX) protocol RFC 2986 PKCS #10: certification request syntax specifi
IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) RFC 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1,2,3 and 9) cation v1.7
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet RFC 2863 Interfaces group MIB RFC 3546 Transport Layer Security (TLS) extensions
IEEE 802.3ab1000BASE-T RFC 3411 An architecture for describing SNMP RFC 3580 IEEE 802.1x RADIUS usage guidelines
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE) management frameworks RFC 3748 PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+) RFC 3412 Message processing and dispatching for the RFC 4251 Secure Shell (SSHv2) protocol architecture
IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) SNMP RFC 4252 Secure Shell (SSHv2) authentication protocol
IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-X RFC 3413 SNMP applications RFC 4253 Secure Shell (SSHv2) transport layer protocol
IEEE 802.3x Flow control - full-duplex operation RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3 RFC 4254 Secure Shell (SSHv2) connection protocol
IEEE 802.3z 1000BASE-X RFC 3415 View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for RFC 5176 RADIUS CoA (Change of Authorization)
SNMP RFC 5246 Transport Layer Security (TLS) v1.2
IPv4 Features RFC 3416 Version 2 of the protocol operations for the RFC 5280 X.509 certificate and Certificate Revocation
RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol (UDP) SNMP List (CRL) profile
RFC 791 Internet Protocol (IP) RFC 3417 Transport mappings for the SNMP RFC 5425 Transport Layer Security (TLS) transport
RFC 792 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) RFC 3418 MIB for SNMP mapping for Syslog
RFC 793 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) RFC 3621 Power over Ethernet (PoE) MIB RFC 5656 Elliptic curve algorithm integration for SSH
RFC 826 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) RFC 3635 Definitions of managed objects for the RFC 6125 Domain-based application service identity
RFC 894 Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams Ethernet-like interface types within PKI using X.509 certificates with TLS
over Ethernet networks RFC 3636 IEEE 802.3 MAU MIB RFC 6614 Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption for
RFC 919 Broadcasting Internet datagrams RFC 4022 MIB for the Transmission Control Protocol RADIUS
RFC 922 Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the (TCP) RFC 6668 SHA-2 data integrity verification for SSH
presence of subnets RFC 4113 MIB for the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Services
RFC 932 Subnetwork addressing scheme RFC 4188 Definitions of managed objects for bridges
RFC 950 Internet standard subnetting procedure RFC 4292 IP forwarding table MIB
Services
RFC 1042 Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams RFC 4293 MIB for the Internet Protocol (IP)
RFC 854 Telnet protocol specification
over IEEE 802 networks RFC 4318 Definitions of managed objects for bridges
RFC 855 Telnet option specifications
RFC 1071 Computing the Internet checksum with RSTP
RFC 857 Telnet echo option
RFC 1122 Internet host requirements RFC 4560 Definitions of managed objects for remote ping,
RFC 858 Telnet suppress go ahead option
RFC 1191 Path MTU discovery traceroute and lookup operations
RFC 1091 Telnet terminal-type option
RFC 1518 An architecture for IP address allocation with RFC 5424 The Syslog protocol
RFC 1350 Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
CIDR RFC 1985 SMTP service extension
RFC 1519 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) Multicast Support RFC 2049 MIME
RFC 1812 Requirements for IPv4 routers IGMP query solicitation
RFC 2131 DHCPv4 client
RFC 1918 IP addressing IGMP snooping (IGMPv1, v2 and v3)
RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP/1.1
RFC 2581 TCP congestion control IGMP snooping fast-leave
RFC 2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
MLD snooping (MLDv1 and v2)
RFC 2822 Internet message format
IPv6 Features RFC 2715 Interoperability rules for multicast routing
RFC 4330 Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) version 4
RFC 1981 Path MTU discovery for IPv6 protocols
RFC 5905 Network Time Protocol (NTP) version 4
RFC 2460 IPv6 specification RFC 3306 Unicast-prefix-based IPv6 multicast addresses
RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 packets over Ethernet RFC 4541 IGMP and MLD snooping switches
VLAN support
networks IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LAN (VLAN) bridges
RFC 2711 IPv6 router alert option Quality of Service (QoS) IEEE 802.1v VLAN classification by protocol and port
RFC 3484 Default address selection for IPv6 IEEE 802.1p Priority tagging IEEE 802.3ac VLAN tagging
RFC 3587 IPv6 global unicast address format RFC 2211 Specification of the controlled-load network
RFC 3596 DNS extensions to support IPv6 element service
Voice over IP (VoIP)
RFC 4007 IPv6 scoped address architecture LLDP-MED ANSI/TIA-1057
RFC 4193 Unique local IPv6 unicast addresses 1
AMF Plus edge is for products used at the edge of the network, and Voice VLAN
only support a single AMF Plus link. They cannot use cross links or
virtual links.
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Feature Licenses

NAME DESCRIPTION INCLUDES

AT-FL-GS97-UDLD UniDirectional Link Detection ‫ ۼ‬UDLD

Ordering Information

AT-GS970M/10PS-R-xx1 AT-RKMT-J15 AT-SPLX10

L3 switch with 8 x 10/100/1000T PoE ports and Rack mount shelf kit for two GS970M/10 units 1000LX GbE single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports with rack mount kit 10 km
AT-BRKT-J23
AT-GS970M/10-xx Wall mount kit for GS970M/10 AT-SPLXI0/I
L3 switch with 8 x 10/100/1000T ports and 1000LX GbE single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports AT-BRKT-J24 10 km industrial temperature
Wall mount kit for GS970M/18, 28, 10PS, 18PS
AT-GS970M/18PS-R-xx1 and 28PS AT-SPBDI0-13
L3 switch with 16 x 10/100/1000T PoE ports and 1000LX GbE Bi-Di (1310 nm Tx, 1490 nm Rx) fiber
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports with rack mount kit SFP modules up to 10 km

AT-GS970M/18-xx AT-SPFX/2 AT-SPBDI0-14

L3 switch with 16 x 10/100/1000T ports and 100FX multi-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 2 km 1000LX GbE Bi-Di (1490 nm Tx, 1310 nm Rx) fiber
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports up to 10 km
AT-SPFX/15
AT-GS970M/28PS-xx 100FX single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 15 km AT-SPLX40
L3 switch with 24 x 10/100/1000T PoE ports and 1000LX GbE single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 40 km
4 x 100/1000X SFP ports AT-SPFXBD-LC-13
100BX Bi-Di (1310 nm Tx, 1550 nm Rx) fiber up to AT-SPZX80
AT-GS970M/28-xx 10 km 1000ZX GbE single-mode 1550 nm fiber up to 80 km
L3 switch with 24 x 10/100/1000T ports and
4 x 100/1000X SFP ports AT-SPFXBD-LC-15 AT-SPBD20-13/I
100BX Bi-Di (1550 nm Tx, 1310 nm Rx) fiber up to 1000BX GbE Bi-Di (1310 nm Tx, 1490 nm Rx) fiber
Where xx = 10 for US power cord 10 km up to 20 km, industrial temperature
20 for no power cord
30 for UK power cord AT-SPTX AT-SPBD20-14/I
40 for Australian power cord 1000T 100 m copper 1000BX GbE Bi-Di (1490 nm Tx, 1310 nm Rx) fiber
50 for European power cord up to 20 km, industrial temperature
AT-SPSX
AT-RKMT-J05 1000SX GbE multi-mode 850 nm fiber up to 550 m 1
PS-R models only available in North America and Asia Pacific
Rack mount kit for GS970M/10 regions
AT-SPSX/I
AT-RKMT-J13 1000SX GbE multi-mode 850 nm fiber up to 550 m
Rack mount kit for GS970M/18 and 18PS industrial temperature

AT-RKMT-J14 AT-SPEX
Rack mount kit for GS970M/10PS 1000X GbE multi-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 2 km

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