. The NETGEAR M4300 Switch Series delivers L2/L3/L4 and IPv4/IPv6 rich services for enterprise edge and SMB aggregation deployments with unrivaled ease of use 10 Gigabit models can seamlessly stack with 1 Gigabit models within the series. Non-stop forwarding virtual chassis architectures provide advanced High Availability (HA) with hitless failover that is distributed link aggregation allows for load balancing and virtually zero downtime. License-free L3 feature set includes static routing policy-based routing RIP VRRP OSpiv as well as Multicast PIM routing. The NETGEAR M4300 Switch Series is ready for the future with Software-defined Network (SDN) and OpenFlow 1.3 enabled for your network.. M4300-12X12F comes with 12 ports 10GBASE-T and 12 ports 10GBASE-X SFP+ in a half-width form factor. All 24 ports are independent and 1G backward compatible for progressive transition to 10G speeds. Ideal for server and storage aggregation two half-width M4300 switches can be installed in a single rack space. M4300-12X12F is line-rate with 480Gbps fabric for SMB core applications as well as spine and leaf stacking architecturesKey Product Info . The M4300-12X12F half-width switch provides 12-port 10GBASE-T and 12-port 10GBASE-X SFP+All (24) 10G ports are independent and 1G backward compatible for progressive transition to 10G speedsWith 480Gbps non-blocking fabric M4300-12X12F delivers L2/L3/L4 and IPv4/IPv6 rich services for virtualization (Auto-iSCSI prioritization) server / storage interconnect and SMB core applicationsVirtual Chassis stacking provides non-stop forwarding (NSF) and hitless failover for highest availability (HA)Two half-width M4300 10GbE models can be paired in a single rack space for redundant top-of-rack and active-active server installations