The NETGEAR M4300-8x8F (XSM4316S) 8-port Layer 3 managed stackable 10-Gigabit switch is part of the Intelligent Edge Switch solution that combines the latest advances in hardware and software engineering for higher flexibility, lower complexity and stronger investment protection, at a high-value price point. This NETGEAR M4300-8x8F (XSM4316S) switch offers eight (8) 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports and eight (8) 10-Gigabit SFP ports, making it ideal for a small or medium size business to deploy a 10GbE network that is ready for today, and tomorrow technology. NETGEAR M4300-8x8F (XSM4316S) is the ideal partner for the latest 802.11ac WiFi by ensuring through put isn't restricted and data flows easily between connected devices.

Advanced classifier-based, time-based hardware for L2 (MAC), L3 (IP) and L4 (UDP/TCP transport ports) security and prioritisation.Selectable Port-Channel / LAG (802.3ad - 802.1AX) L2/L3/L4 hashing for fault tolerance and load sharing with any type of Ethernet channelling.Voice VLAN with SIP, H323 and SCCP protocols detection and LLDP-MED IP phones automatic QoS and VLAN configuration.Efficient authentication tiering with successive DOT1X, MAB and Captive Portal methods for streamlined BYOD.Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 static and dynamic routing including Proxy ARP, OSPF, Policy-based routing and automatic 6-to-4 tunnelling.Enhanced IPv4/IPv6 multicast forwarding with IGMPv3/MLDv2 ASM and SSM Proxy and Control Packet Flooding protection.High performance IPv4/IPv6 multicast routing with PIM timer accuracy and unhandled PIM (S,G,rpt) state machine events transitioning.Advanced IPv4/IPv6 security implementation including malicious code detection, DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard protection and DoS attacks.Innovative multi-vendor Auto-iSCSI capabilities for easier virtualization optimisation

Vertical or horizontal flexible stacking with management unit hitless failover and nonstop forwarding across operational stack members.Spine and leaf architecture with every leaf switch (1G access switches) connecting to every spine switch (distributed 10G "core" switches).Stacking and distributed link aggregation allow for multi-resiliency with zero downtime and load balancing capabilities.Link Dependency new feature enables or disables ports based on the link state of different ports.Per VLAN Spanning Tree and Per VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree (PVSTP/PVRSTP) offer interoperability with PVST+ infrastructures