G101 - Fully Managed 29 Gbit/s Industrial Ethernet Switch, A-Coded
3U CompactPCI Serial
The G101 is a managed rugged industrial Gigabit Switch with a 29 GBit/s Switch matrix and uplink, implemented as a CompactPCI Serial board.
Main Features
Technical Data
- CISCO GLC-SX-MM, 1 Gbit/s BASE-SX, 220/500 m, 0 to +70°C
- AVAGO ABR-5710 ALZ, 1 Gbit/s BASE-SX, 250/550 m, -40 to +85°C
- Finisar FTLF8519P3BTL, 1 Gbit/s BASE-SX, 300/500 m, -40 to +85°C
- Finisar FTLF1318P3BTL, 1 Gbit/s BASE-LH, 10 km, -40 to +85°C
- Finisar FTLF1518P1BTL, 1 Gbit/s BASE-ZX, 80 km, -40 to +85°C
- AVAGO ABR-57R5APZ, 4.25 Gbit/s BASE-SX, 300 m @ 2.125 Gbps, -10 to +85°C
- Max. Throughput: 29 Gbps / 40 Mpps@64 Bytes per packet
- Max. Mac Address Table Size: 8192
- Switching Algorithm: Store-and-Forward with TCAM support
- IPv4 and IPv6 Forwarding and Management
- IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2
- Energy Efficient Ethernet (IEEE 802.3az)
- ETH Signal Equalization and Power Control
- Port state (admin), speed, duplex mode and flow control
- Port frame size (Jumbo Frames: 9216 Bytes/Packet max)
- Port status (link monitoring) and statistics (MIB counters)
- Port VeriPHY (cable diagnostics), ActiPHY and PerfectReach
- Inband management (VRAP)
- OAM
- Link OAM: IEEE 802.3ah
- Flow OAM (ingres, egres): IEEE802.1ag, ITU-T Y.1731 Down-MEP, ITU-T Y.1731 Up-MEP, ITU-T Y.1731 MIP,
- SMAC/DMAC Swap
- OAM Performance Monitoring MEF35 Phase 1
- Redirect back to arrival port debugging feature
- SNMP Management v1, v2c, v3 (RFC 1212, 1901-1908, 3411-3418)
- SNMP v1 Traps (RFC 1157) with multiple destinations
- LLDP (IEEE 802.10AB-2005/LLDP)
- TIA 1057 LLDP-MED extensions
- CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol)
- RMON Group 1, 2, 3 and 9(RFC 2819)
- Syslog (RFC 5424)
- sFlow (RFC 3176)
- Port and Flow Mirroring (10 Ports max)
- Fallback Firmware
- TFTP (RFC 1350)
- Import/Export via Web-Interface
- Configuration download and upload: XML and inidustry-standards format
- Static Link Aggregation
- Link Aggregation Protocol (LACP: IEEE 802.3ad)
- Back Pressure Flow Control (IEEE 802.3X)
- Spanning Tree (STP: IEEE 802.1 D)
- Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP: IEEE 802.1w)
- Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP: IEEE 802.1s)
- BPDU Restrict and Guard Role (IEEE 802.1w Root Guard)
- Ring and Linear Protection Switching (ITU-T G.8031 and G.8032)
- 1+1 port protection
- 1:1 port protection
- 1:n port protection
- Connectivity Fault Protection (IEEE 802.1ag/ITU-T Y.1731
- Loop Protection
- Unicast, Multicast and Broadcast Traffic/broadcast storm control
- Basic ingres limiter
- Dynamic ARP Inspection (RFC 2132 / MAC address based filtering)
- IP Source Guard (draft-baker-sava-cisco-ip-source-guard-00)
- DHCP Snooping (RFC 2132)
- IP MAC binding
- IP MAC binding dynamic to static
- Static L2 Port Isolation
- Port based RADIUS and internal MAC Authentication (IEEE 802.1X)
- RADIUS accounting (RFC 2866ff)
- Single and Multiple IEEE 802.1X
- VLAN and QOS assignment
- TACACS+ (RFC 1492)
- MAC address flood prevention (MAC address table limitation)
- Web and CLI Authentication
- Switch Access Authorization (15 levels)
- ACLs for filtering, policing and port copy
- Max. number of VLANs: 4096
- VLAN Tagging and Trunking (IEEE 802.1Q)
- Supported VLAN Types:
- Private Static VLAN (RFC 5517)
- MAC, Protocol, IP-Subnet and Port based VLAN (IEEE 802.1Q)
- VOICE VLAN (IEEE 802.1Q, IEEE 802.1P)
- VLAN Translation (IEEE 802.3ad)
- GVRP VLAN registration (IEEE 802.1Q)
- Multiple VLAN registration protocol (MVRP: IEEE 8021.1ak)
- Guest VLAN Isolation
- Max. number of IGMP Groups: 8.000 for Layer 2 and 8.000 for IPv4/IPv6
- IPv4 Internet Group Management protocol (IGMP) v1, v2, v3
- IPv6 Multicast Listener Protocol (MLD) v1, v2 with flooding suppression and router port handling
- Multicast VLAN registration protocol (MVR)
- IGMP throttling, filtering, proxy and leave proxy
- MRP/GMRP GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (IEEE 802.1ak)
- Active Priority Queues per Port: 8
- Class of Service (IEEE 802.1p)
- Port and queue egress shaper
- Port and User priority mode
- Input priority mapping (PCP, DEI to QOS, DP level)
- Scheduler Mode (weighted and fair scheduling)
- QOS control list (QCL ID, QCL to QCE mapping)
- QCE mapping based on ETH-Type, VLAN ID, UDP/TCP port range, DiffServ field and Tag priority
- Random early discard (RED)
- Policers: port, service, queue and global/VCAP (ACL)
- DiffServ (RFC 2474) and Tag remarking
- DHCP Server (RFC 2131/ 3132)
- DHCP Client (RFC 2131 / 3132)
- DHCP Option 82 (DHCP Relay Agent Information Option)
- DNS Client (RFC 2136)
- DNS Proxy (RFC 5625)
- NTPv4 Client (RFC 5005)
- IEEE 1588v2 PTP with one-step and two-step clock
- IEEE 1588v2 PTP with redundant masters and timing domains
- IEEE 1588v2 boundary, end-to-end and peer-to-peer clock
- IEEE 1588v2 unicast and multicast support
- Optional Synchronous Ethernet (ITU-T G.8261, G.8262 and G.8264)
- Optional combined SyncE and IEEE 1588v2 solution
- IEEE 802.1D Bridge with source source specific multicast filtering
- auto MAC address learning and aging
- static MAC addresses
- IEEE 802.10d Provider Bridge (native or translated VLAN Q-in-Q bridging)
- Service enabled Provider Bridge (E-LINE: EPL, EVPL; E-Lan: EP-LAN, EVP-LAN)
- Classification of Layer 3 flow (SIP, IP Prot, SProt, DProt)
- DHCP Option 82 relay
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
- IPv4 Unicast static routing
- Ethernet
- Two RJ45 connectors, 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s), IEEE802.3 compliant, and one SFP slot, 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s) (02G101-02), or
- Three M12 A-coded connectors, 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s) (02G101-03)
- RS232 for configuration (console)
- Status LEDs
- One board status LED
- Two Ethernet status LEDs
- Dongle interface (only on models with M12 connectors)
- USB
- One channel, USB2.0 as a console interface for configuration
- Ethernet
- 22 channels 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s) (02G101-02)
- 21 channels 1000BASE-T (1 Gbit/s) (02G101-03)
- Serial GPIO (SGPIO)
- Compliant with SFF 8485 specification
- Watchdog
- Temperature monitoring
- Based on CompactPCI Specification PICMG CPCI-S.0 with MEN switch extensions
- System or peripheral slot
- Supply voltages
- +5V (-5%) to 16 VDC max.
- Power consumption
- Max. 16 W max.
- Isolation voltage for Ethernet
- IEE802.3 (2012), Section 1; 9.7 Electrical Isolation - Environment B
- Dimensions: 3U, 4 HP
- Weight: 192 g (model 02G101-00)
- Temperature range (operation):
- -40°C to +85°C
- Airflow 1.5m/s
- Temperature range (storage): -40°C to +85°C
- Relative humidity (operation): max. 95% non-condensing
- Relative humidity (storage): max. 95% non-condensing
- Altitude: -300 m to +2000 m
- Shock: 50 m/s², 30 ms
- Vibration (Function): 1 m/s², 5 Hz to 150 Hz (EN 61373)
- Vibration (Lifetime): 7.9 m/s², 5 Hz to 150 Hz (EN 61373)
- Flammability (PCBs)
- UL 94 V-0
- Electrical Safety
- EN 50155 (Insulation)
- EN 50155 (Voltage)
- EN 55022 (radio disturbance)
- EN 61000-4-2 (ESD Immunity)
- EN 61000-4-4 (burst)
Ordering Information
25 Port Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch, 2x RJ45 + 1x SFP 2.5 Gbit/s on front, 10x Gigabit Ethernet + 3x QSGMII links on backplane, -40 to +85°C with qualified components
24 Port Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch, 3x M12 A-coded on front, 9x Gigabit Ethernet + 3x QSGMII links on backplane, -40 to +85°C with qualified components
3U CompactPCI Serial, 4 x M12 passive Ethernet port extender, no PoE, -40 to +85°C, conformal coated
Details4x M12 X-coded Gigabit Ethernet line card for CompactPCI Serial Switches G101 and G102, no PoE, with EEE/SyncE and IEEE1588v2 support, -40 to +85°C with qualified components, conformal coated
Details3U CompactPCI Serial, 4 x M12 passive Ethernet port extender with PoE+, -40 to +85°C, conformal coated
Details4x M12 X-coded QSGMII Gigabit Ethernet line card for CompactPCI Serial Switches G101 and G102, PoE+ PSE (60W max), EEE and Sync-E support, -40 to +85°C with qualified components, conformal coated
Details3U CompactPCI Serial, 4 x RJ45 QSGMII port extender, no PoE, EEE and Sync-E support, -40 to +85°C
Details3U CompactPCI Serial, 4 x RJ45 QSGMII port extender, PoE+ PSE, EEE and Sync-E support, -40 to +85°C
Details3U CompactPCI Serial, 4 x M12 QSGMII port extender, no PoE, EEE and Sync-E support, -40 to +85°C, conformal coated
Details3U CompactPCI Serial, 4 x M12 QSGMII port extender, PoE+ PSE, EEE and Sync-E support, -40 to +85°C, conformal coated
Details3U CompactPCI Serial, QSGMII to 4 x SFP 1GB port extender EEE and Sync-E support, -40 to +85°C
Details4x M12 X-coded QSGMII Gigabit Ethernet line card for CompactPCI Serial Switches G101 and G102, no PoE, EEE and SyncE support, -40 to +85°C with qualified components, conformal coated
DetailsNH30, 19" 4U/40HP modular managed Gigabit Ethernet Switch, -40 to +85°C
The NH30 is a build-to-order system. It consists of the 40 HP basic system including backplane and mounting rails and provides:
- 2 PSU slots
- 1 CompactPCI Serial based system slot (Switch Board)
- 6 CompactPCI Serial based peripheral slots
- All peripheral slots are capable of supporting a mix of various types of connectors (RJ45, M12, SFP)
- All peripheral slots offer additional PoE+ support
The boards and accessories listed in the Technical Data can be implemented in the system.
Choose the functionality you need using the BTO configurator and the BTO Configuration Guide.
Contact MEN's sales team for more information.
Software
Ethernet Switch Firmware for for G101, NM30 and NH30
Application Examples

The G101 standard managed switch card is used in an in-flight entertainment server connected in a network ring topology for increased reliability.