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NETGEAR unveils its M4350 series at Infocomm Asia 2024
NETGEAR, one of the leading providers of networking products for businesses of all sizes, is
set to
showcase its advanced AV solutions at InfoCommAsia 2024. The NETGEAR Pro AV team will unveil their
latest innovation: the M4350 series of fully managed AV switches.
Designed for even the most demanding AV-over-IP installations of up to thousands of endpoints, the
M4350 series combines enterprise-class hardware with the simplicity of out-of-the-box multicast
functionality and profile-based configuration. The M4350 series features redundant power supply
options, PoE++, larger switching fabrics, 25G and 100G uplinks, and port speeds of 1G, 2.5G, 10G,
25G, and 100G. All of this is centrally managed by the NETGEAR Engage Controller.
As part of the show setup, the team will be using the PR60X multi-WAN cloud-managed router. The
PR60X guarantees ultra-fast connections with multi-gig and 10gbeports, plus dual-WAN failover.
NETGEAR will also be featuring M4250 AV switches, Engage Controller, and Pro WiFi Access Points.
NETGEAR M4350: Purpose-Built for Pro AV Community Building upon the success of the M4250 line
of AV
switches that pioneered a simpler way of network configuration with a great aesthetic, this line of
a dozen models brings greater scale and redundancy when used on their own, or at the aggregation
layer in concert with M4250 switches at the edge.
Marthesh Nagendra, Senior Sales Director Commercial, NETGEAR APAC said, "We are excited to
showcase
our latest advancements in AV networking technology at InfoComm Asia this year. Our groundbreaking
AV-centric user interface simplifies the installation and configuration process, featuring
pre-configured AV profiles certified by 250+ AV manufacturers. This ensures seamless integration
across major audio, video, and lighting protocols, offering unmatched ease and reliability for our
customers."
Traditionally, AV professionals had to use a switch designed for IT purposes which takes a lot of
time to understand and configure. They had to learn arcane IT commands and terms and/or hire an IT
person to set it up. It was complicated and time-consuming. The M4350 solves this challenge out of
the box for many installations with an AV-centric user interface and the Engage controller offering
easy, port-based AV profiles to take the guesswork out of configuring a switch when needed. When
M4250 switches paved the way for small to medium installations, M4350 models now bring scale and
redundancy on their own or at the aggregation layer in concert with M4250 switches at the edge.
Additional M4350 Features:
- Compact form factor - Standard 40cm (15.7in) depth, front-to-back cooling, fits in any network
rack without requiring a server rack.
- Redundant PSUs - One internal power supply can be protected by one or several modular power
supplies, depending on the model.
- High availability - Non-Stop Forwarding (NSF) provides advanced High Availability (HA) with
hitless failover across the stack.
- SMPTE ST 2110 - Select models offer grandmaster and boundary clock mode for PTP, including
profiles for SMPTE 2059-2 PTP, AES67 PTP, and AES-R16-2016 PTP.
- NETGEAR IGMP Plus - Facilitates multicast setup to avoid flooding the network with AV-over-IP
streams and allows switches to be easily connected without any additional configuration.
- Automatic Configuration - Auto-LAG and Auto-Trunk features make connecting multiple switches a
breeze with automatic uplink configuration.
- Quiet Operation - Controlled thermal and acoustics with intelligent fans configurable in Quiet
Mode to minimize noise, or a bit noisier Cool Mode to minimize heat.
- Speed Flexibility - Uplink options include 10G for midsize audio or compressed video
installations as well as 25G and 100G uplinks for larger scale uncompressed video deployments.
- Plenty of Power over Ethernet (PoE) - A variety of options for PoE+ and PoE++ including 10G
Copper ports provide up to 3,000W of PoE budget to power AV-over-IP endpoints and other devices.
- Full Control - Standard web-based and command line user interfaces permit full switch
configuration for those setups that demand special attention.