
NetVanta® 1544F is a managed, 28-port, Layer 3, 
Gigabit Ethernet switch designed as an access 
layer or network backbone switch for small to 
medium-sized businesses. With the combination 
of the advanced multi-layer switching fabric, high-
bandwidth capabilities, and enhanced Quality of 
Service (QoS) features, the NetVanta 1544F is ideal as 
an aggregation switch for high-bandwidth Voice over 
IP (VoIP), and converged voice and data networks.
Hardware
e NetVanta 1544F rackmount switch provides 
28 Gigabit Ethernet ports, consisting of 24 standard 
1 Gbps Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) Ethernet 
ports and four enhanced 2.5 Gbps SFP ports. 
e enhanced SFP ports support standard 1 Gbps 
up to 2.5 Gbps data rates. Together the four 
enhanced SFP ports can provide up to 20 Gbps of 
bi-directional bandwidth between interconnected 
NetVanta 1544 switches.
Multi-layer Switching
e NetVanta 1544F supports advanced multi-layer 
(Layer 2 and Layer 3) switching. It supports 
static routes, RIP V1/V2, OSPF, Border Gateway 
Protocol (BGP) and Virtual Router Redundancy 
Protocol (VRRP), allowing it to easily scale 
from small and medium-sized businesses to 
enterprise-sized customers.
Standards Protocols
Based on the ADTRAN® Operating System (AOS), 
this device oers support for Link Aggregation 
(802.3ad); Port Mirroring; port-based switching 
features including Broadcast Storm Control, 
Spanning Tree (802.1D) and Rapid Spanning Tree 
(802.1w) for faster network convergence, link 
redundancy, and recovery from topology changes. 
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) auto- 
discovers neighboring Ethernet devices, simplifying 
integration into multi-vendor environments.
Virtual LANs (VLANs)
All NetVanta switches support 802.1Q trunking 
and up to 255 VLANs to allow network managers 
to separate broadcast domains for ecient network 
performance and trac control. NetVanta 1544F also 
supports dynamic VLANs assigned via 802.1x. is 
is an ideal way to make sure users are automatically 
assigned to the correct VLAN, based on the login. 
Private VLANs are also available to provide extra 
security by isolating upstream trac from user ports.
VoIP Ready
NetVanta 1544F has been designed specically 
for VoIP. e ability to automatically congure 
IP phones using LLDP-MED, and the ability to 
separate voice trac onto voice VLANs, helps 
ease the deployment of VoIP.
Quality of Service
NetVanta switches also support QoS to prioritize 
mission-critical trac like VoIP and control network 
congestion. NetVanta 1544F oers 802.1p and 
DiServ Class of Service (CoS). It also supports 
frame tagging, as well as enforcement of tagged 
trac received from trusted sources. Four egress 
queues (per port) are available for assigning trac 
priorities using Weighted Round Robin (WRR) and 
Strict Priority Scheduling.
Security
Rest assured, with NetVanta 1544F your network 
is protected. is product oers a variety of data 
security features including MAC-based port security, 
multilevel user passwords, Secure Shell (SSH) and 
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) for encrypted user login, 
and Access Authentication and Authorization (AAA) 
for authentication with RADIUS, RSA SecurID and 
TACACS+. With features such as 802.1x and 
port security, administrators can assure that only 
authorized users are allowed access to the network.
Port Scheduler
NetVanta 1544F allows ports to be scheduled, or 
turned on or o based on time of day. is ability to 
schedule available ports allows for added security.
Administration
AOS oers both a CLI that mimics the widely 
deployed, industry de facto standard and an intuitive 
Web-based GUI with step-by-step conguration 
wizards. For automating setup and conguration, 
NetVanta 1544F also supports features like 
Auto-Provisioning which allows automatic 
conguration scripts to be run from the integrated 
CompactFlash slot and Auto-Cong which 
provides the ability to automatically obtain the 
switch conguration via DHCP.
Product Features 
n28-port multi-layer Gigabit 
Ethernet aggregation switch
n24-standard Gigabit SFP ports 
and four enhanced SFP ports
nEnhanced SFP ports support 
standard 1 Gbps or 2.5 Gbps 
data rates
nNon-blocking, up to 68 Gbps 
switching capacity
nLine rate Layer 2 and 
Layer 3 switching
nStatic routes, RIP V1/V2, 
OSPF and BGP
nVRRP
nHardware ACLs
n802.1Q VLANs, Private VLANs 
and VLAN assignment via 802.1x
nAdvanced QoS with support for 
802.1p and DiffServ prioritization 
with four queues per egress port
nAutomate actions with Port 
Scheduler and TCL scripting
nVoIP Ready with LLDP/LLDP-MED 
and Voice VLANS
nBusiness-class security with 
RADIUS, TACACS+, 802.1x 
and port security
nCompactFlash®slot for 
 auto provisioning
nWi-Fi®access controller 
for centralized management 
of NetVanta Wireless 
Access Points (WAPs)
nFamiliar Command Line Interface 
(CLI) and Web-based Graphical 
User Interface (GUI)
nLimited Lifetime Warranty
nNext Business Day 
Advance Replacement
NetVanta 1544F
Fiber, Layer 3 Gigabit 
Ethernet Switch