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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 ‫ ۼۼ‬Eco-friendly mode allows ports and LEDs to be ‫ ۼۼ‬Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
Allied Telesis CentreCOM GS970M disabled to save power (AAA)
Series switches provide an excellent ‫ ۼۼ‬Industry-standard CLI with context-sensitive help ‫ ۼۼ‬Bootloader can be password protected for device
‫ ۼۼ‬Powerful CLI scripting engine security
access solution for today’s networks,
‫ ۼۼ‬Comprehensive SNMP MIB support for standards- ‫ ۼۼ‬BPDU protection
supporting Gigabit to the desktop for
maximum performance. The Power based device management ‫ ۼۼ‬DHCP snooping, IP source guard and Dynamic ARP
‫ ۼۼ‬Built-in text editor Inspection (DAI)
over Ethernet Plus (PoE+) models
‫ ۼۼ‬Event-based triggers allow user-defined scripts to ‫ ۼۼ‬Dynamic VLAN assignment
provide an ideal solution for connecting
and remotely powering wireless access be executed upon selected system events ‫ ۼۼ‬Network Access and Control (NAC) features
‫ ۼۼ‬SD/SDHC memory card socket allows software manage endpoint security
points, IP video surveillance cameras,
release files, configurations and other files to be ‫ ۼۼ‬Port-based learn limits (intrusion detection)
and IP phones. The GS970M models stored for backup and distribution to other devices
feature 8, 16 or 24 Gigabit ports, ‫ ۼۼ‬Private VLANs provide security and port isolation
‫ ۼۼ‬Configurable logs and triggers provide an audit trail for multiple customers using the same VLAN
and 2 or 4 SFP uplinks, for secure of SD card insertion and removal ‫ ۼۼ‬Secure Copy (SCP)
connectivity at the network edge.
‫ ۼۼ‬Strong password security and encryption
Quality of Service (QoS)
‫ ۼۼ‬Tri-authentication: MAC-based, Web-based and
‫ ۼۼ‬Eight priority queues with a hierarchy of high-
Specifications priority queues for real-time traffic, and mixed
IEEE 802.1x
scheduling, for each switch port
Performance
‫ ۼۼ‬Supports 10K jumbo frames ‫ ۼۼ‬Limit bandwidth per port or per traffic class down
to 64kbps
‫ ۼۼ‬Wirespeed multicasting
‫ ۼۼ‬Up to 16K MAC addresses
‫ ۼۼ‬Wirespeed traffic classification with low latency Key Features
essential for VoIP and real-time streaming media
‫ ۼۼ‬556MB DDR SDRAM applications
‫ ۼۼ‬DDR SDRAM: ‫ ۼۼ‬Policy-based QoS based on VLAN, port, MAC and ‫ۼۼ‬Allied Telesis Management
GS970M non PoE 512MB general packet classifiers FrameworkTM (AMF) edge node
GS970M PS 256MB ‫ ۼۼ‬Policy-based storm protection
‫ ۼۼ‬64MB flash memory ‫ ۼۼ‬Extensive remarking capabilities ‫ۼۼ‬AlliedWare Plus operating system
‫ ۼۼ‬Packet Buffer memory: 1.5MB ‫ ۼۼ‬Taildrop for queue congestion control
‫ۼۼ‬Eco-friendly
‫ ۼۼ‬Strict priority, weighted round robin or mixed
Flexibility and Compatibility scheduling ‫ۼۼ‬IPv6 features
‫ ۼۼ‬Port speed and duplex configuration can be set ‫ ۼۼ‬IP precedence and DiffServ marking based on
manually or by auto-negotiation diagnostic tools Layer 2, 3 and 4 headers ‫ۼۼ‬IEEE 802.1x/MAC/Web
‫ ۼۼ‬Automatic link flap detection and port shutdown
authentication support
‫ ۼۼ‬Optical Digital Diagnostics Monitoring (DDM) Resiliency Features
‫ ۼۼ‬Ping polling and TraceRoute for IPv4 and IPv6 Port ‫ ۼۼ‬Control Plane Prioritization (CPP) ensures the CPU ‫ۼۼ‬Graphical User Interface (GUI) for
mirroring always has sufficient bandwidth to process network
control traffic easy management
IP Features ‫ ۼۼ‬Dynamic link failover (host attach) ‫ۼۼ‬Basic L3 features supported
‫ ۼۼ‬IPv4 static routing and RIP ‫ ۼۼ‬EPSRing™ (Ethernet Protection Switched Rings)
with enhanced recovery ‫ۼۼ‬Static routing
‫ ۼۼ‬Device management over IPv6 networks with
SNMPv6, Telnetv6, SSHv6 ‫ ۼۼ‬Loop protection: loop detection and thrash limiting ‫ۼۼ‬RIP
‫ ۼۼ‬NTPv6 client ‫ ۼۼ‬PVST+ compatibility mode
‫ ۼۼ‬STP root guard
Management ‫ ۼۼ‬UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
‫ ۼۼ‬Allied Telesis Management Framework™ (AMF)
enables powerful centralized management and
Security Features
zerotouch device installation and recovery
‫ ۼۼ‬Access Control Lists (ACLs) based on Layer 2, 3
‫ ۼۼ‬Console management port on the front panel for and 4 headers
ease of access
‫ ۼۼ‬Configurable auth-fail and guest VLANs

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Product Specifications
10/100/1000T (RJ-45) POE+ ENABLE
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
GS970M/10PS* 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
(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
100-240 VAC, 50-60Hz, 2.4A maximum

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 - - - - - -

* Available June 2017

Cryptographic Algorithms Non FIPS Approved Algorithms RFC 922 Broadcasting Internet datagrams in the
FIPS Approved Algorithms RNG (AES128/192/256) presence of subnets
Encryption (Block Ciphers): DES RFC 932 Subnetwork addressing scheme
‫ ۼۼ‬AES (ECB, CBC, CFB and OFB Modes) MD5 RFC 950 Internet standard subnetting procedure
RFC 1042 Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams
‫ ۼۼ‬3DES (ECB, CBC, CFB and OFB Modes)
Ethernet over IEEE 802 networks
Block Cipher Modes: RFC 1071 Computing the Internet checksum
IEEE 802.1AX Link aggregation (static and LACP)
‫ ۼۼ‬CCM IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) RFC 1122 Internet host requirements
‫ ۼۼ‬CMAC IEEE 802.3 Ethernet RFC 1256 ICMP router discovery messages
IEEE 802.3ab1000T RFC 1518 An architecture for IP address allocation with
‫ ۼۼ‬GCM
IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet CIDR
‫ ۼۼ‬XTS IEEE 802.3ad Static and dynamic link aggregation RFC 1519 Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR)
Digital Signatures & Asymmetric Key Generation: IEEE 802.3af Powr over Ethernet (PoE) RFC 1918 IP addressing
‫ ۼۼ‬DSA IEEE 802.3at Power over Ethernet plus (PoE+)
‫ ۼۼ‬ECDSA IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) IPv6 Features
IEEE 802.3u 100X RFC 2460 IPv6 specification
‫ ۼۼ‬RSA IEEE 802.3x Flow control - full-duplex operation RFC 2464 Transmission of IPv6 packets over Ethernet
Secure Hashing: IEEE 802.3z 1000X networks
‫ ۼۼ‬SHA-1 RFC 3484 Default address selection for IPv6
‫ ۼۼ‬SHA-2 (SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384. SHA-512) IPv4 Features RFC 3596 DNS extensions to support IPv6
RFC 791 Internet Protocol (IP) RFC 4007 IPv6 scoped address architecture
Message Authentication:
RFC 792 Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) RFC 4193 Unique local IPv6 unicast addresses
‫ ۼۼ‬HMAC (SHA-1, SHA-2(224, 256, 384, 512) RFC 4291 IPv6 addressing architecture
RFC 826 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Random Number Generation: RFC 894 Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams RFC 4861 Neighbor discovery for IPv6
‫ ۼۼ‬DRBG (Hash, HMAC and Counter) over Ethernet networks RFC 4862 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-Configuration
RFC 919 Broadcasting Internet datagrams (SLAAC)
RFC 5014 IPv6 socket API for source address selection
RFC 5095 Deprecation of type 0 routing headers in IPv6

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Management Quality of Service (QoS) RFC 1350 Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
AMF edge node IEEE 802.1p Priority tagging RFC 1985 SMTP service extension
AMF MIB and SNMP traps RFC 2211 Specification of the controlled-load network RFC 2049 MIME
AT Enterprise MIB element service RFC 2131 DHCP
SNMPv1, v2c and v3 RFC 2474 DiffServ precedence for eight queues/port RFC 2132 DHCP options and BootP vendor extensions
IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) RFC 2475 DiffServ architecture RFC 2554 SMTP service extension for authentication
RFC 1155 Structure and identification of management RFC 2597 DiffServ Assured Forwarding (AF) RFC 2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol - HTTP/1.1
information for TCP/IP-based Internets RFC 2697 A single-rate three-color marker RFC 2821 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
RFC 1157 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) RFC 2698 A two-rate three-color marker RFC 2822 Internet message format
RFC 1212 Concise MIB definitions RFC 3246 DiffServ Expedited Forwarding (EF) RFC 4330 Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) version 4
RFC 1213 MIB for network management of TCP/IP-based RFC 5905 Network Time Protocol (NTP) version 4
Internets: MIB-II Resiliency Features
RFC 1215 Convention for defining traps for use with the IEEE 802.1D MAC bridges VLAN support
SNMP IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LAN (VLAN) bridges
RFC 1227 SNMP MUX protocol and MIB IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) IEEE 802.1v VLAN classification by protocol and port
RFC 1239 Standard MIB IEEE 802.3ac VLAN tagging
0RFC 2096 IP forwarding table MIB Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information v2 RFC 1058 Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Voice over IP (VoIP)
(SMIv2) RFC 2082 RIP-2 MD5 authentication LLDP-MED ANSI/TIA-1057
RFC 2579 Textual conventions for SMIv2 RFC 2453 RIPv2 Voice VLAN
RFC 2580 Conformance statements for SMIv2
RFC 2674 Definitions of managed objects for bridges
Security Features Environmental Specifications
with traffic classes, multicast filtering and
SSH remote login Operating ambient temp. 0°C to 50°C (32°F to 113°F)
VLAN extensions
SSLv2 Storage temp. -25°C to 70°C (-13°F to 158°F)
RFC 2741 Agent extensibility (AgentX) protocol
TACACS+ Accounting, Authentication, Authorization (AAA) Operating humidity 5% to 90% non-condensing
RFC 2819 RMON MIB (groups 1,2,3 and 9)
IEEE 802.1X authentication protocols (TLS, TTLS, PEAP Storage humidity 5% to 95% non-condensing
RFC 2863 Interfaces group MIB
and MD5) Maximum operating Altitude 3,000 m (9,842 ft)
RFC 3164 Syslog protocol
IEEE 802.1X multi-supplicant authentication Maximum Non operating Altitude 4,000 m (13,100 ft)
RFC 3411 An architecture for describing SNMP
IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control
management frameworks
RFC 2246 TLS protocol v1.0 Safety and Electromagnetic Emissions
RFC 3412 Message processing and dispatching for the
RFC 2865 RADIUS EMI (Emissions) : FCC Class A, EN55022 Class A,
SNMP
RFC 2866 RADIUS accounting EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3,
RFC 3413 SNMP applications
RFC 2868 RADIUS attributes for tunnel protocol support VCCI Class A, CISPR Class A
RFC 3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for SNMPv3
RFC 3546 Transport Layer Security (TLS) extensions EMC (Immunity) : EN55024
RFC 3415 View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for
RFC 3579 RADIUS support for Extensible Authentication Electrical and Laser Safety : EN60950-1 (TUV), UL 60950-
SNMP
Protocol (EAP) 1(cULus), EN60825-1
RFC 3416 Version 2 of the protocol operations for the
RFC 3580 IEEE 802.1x RADIUS usage guidelines Compliance Marks UL, cUL, UL-EU, CE
SNMP
RFC 3748 PPP Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
RFC 3417 Transport mappings for the SNMP
RFC 4251 Secure Shell (SSHv2) protocol architecture Restrictions on Hazardous Substances
RFC 3418 MIB for SNMP
RFC 4252 Secure Shell (SSHv2) authentication protocol (RoHS) Compliance
RFC 3621 Power over Ethernet (PoE) MIB
RFC 4253 Secure Shell (SSHv2) transport layer protocol
RFC 3635 Definitions of managed objects for the ‫ ۼۼ‬EU RoHS compliant
RFC 4254 Secure Shell (SSHv2) connection protocol
Ethernet-like interface types ‫ ۼۼ‬China RoHS compliant
RFC 3636 IEEE 802.3 MAU MIB
Services
RFC 4022 SNMPv2 MIB for TCP using SMIv2 Country of origin
RFC 854 Telnet protocol specification
RFC 4113 SNMPv2 MIB for UDP using SMIv2
RFC 855 Telnet option specifications ‫ ۼۼ‬China
RFC 4293 SNMPv2 MIB for IP using SMIv2
RFC 857 Telnet echo option
RFC 4188 Definitions of managed objects for bridges
RFC 858 Telnet suppress go ahead option
RFC 4318 Definitions of managed objects for bridges
RFC 1091 Telnet terminal-type option
with RSTP
RFC 4560 Definitions of managed objects for remote
ping, traceroute and lookup operations

Multicast Support
IGMP snooping (v1, v2 and v3)
IGMP snooping fast-leave
MLD snooping (v1 and v2)
1
AMF edge is for products used at the edge of the network, and only
support a single AMF link. They cannot use cross links or virtual links.

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Ordering Information AT-SPFXBD-LC-13

100BX Bi-Di (1310 nm Tx, 1550 nm Rx) fiber up to
AT-GS970M/10PS* 10 km
L3 switch with 8 x 10/100/1000T PoE ports and
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports AT-SPFXBD-LC-15
100BX Bi-Di (1550 nm Tx, 1310 nm Rx) fiber up to
AT-GS970M/10 10 km
L3 switch with 8 x 10/100/1000T ports and
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports AT-SPTX
1000T 100 m copper
AT-GS970M/18PS*
L3 switch with 16 x 10/100/1000T PoE ports and AT-SPSX
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports 1000SX GbE multi-mode 850 nm fiber up to 550 m

AT-GS970M/18 AT-SPSX/I
L3 switch with 16 x 10/100/1000T ports and 1000SX GbE multi-mode 850 nm fiber up to 550 m
2 x 100/1000X SFP ports industrial temperature

AT-GS970M/28PS* AT-SPEX
L3 switch with 24 x 10/100/1000T PoE ports and 1000X GbE multi-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 2 km
4 x 100/1000X SFP ports
AT-SPLX10
AT-GS970M/28 1000LX GbE single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to
L3 switch with 24 x 10/100/1000T ports and 10 km
4 x 100/1000X SFP ports
AT-SPLXI0/I
AT-RKMT-J05 1000LX GbE single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to
Rack mount kit for GS970M/10 10 km industrial temperature

AT-RKMT-J13 AT-SPBDI0-13
Rack mount kit for GS970M/18 and 18PS 1000LX GbE Bi-Di (1310 nm Tx, 1490 nm Rx) fiber
up to 10 km
AT-RKMT-J14
Rack mount kit for GS970M/10PS AT-SPBDI0-14
1000LX GbE Bi-Di (1490 nm Tx, 1310 nm Rx) fiber
AT-BRKT-J23 up to 10 km
Wall mount kit for GS970M/10
AT-SPLX40
AT-BRKT-J24 1000LX GbE single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 40 km
Wall mount kit for GS970M/18, 28, 10PS, 18PS
and 28PS AT-SPZX80
1000ZX GbE single-mode 1550 nm fiber up to 80 km
* Available June 2017
AT-SPBD20-13/I
SFP modules 1000BX GbE Bi-Di (1310 nm Tx, 1550 nm Rx) fiber
up to 20 km
AT-SPFX/2
100FX multi-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 2 km AT-SPBD20-14/I
1000BX GbE Bi-Di (1490 nm Tx, 1310 nm Rx) fiber
AT-SPFX/15 up to 20 km
100FX single-mode 1310 nm fiber up to 15 km

Feature Licenses

NAME DESCRIPTION INCLUDES

AT-FL-GS97-UDLD UniDirectional Link Detection ‫ ۼۼ‬UDLD

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