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GARRETTCOM ADDS TO AVAILABILITY, FLEXIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY OF GB
THROUGHPUT WITH MAGNUM 6K32T MANAGED SWITCH
FOR INDUSTRIAL, TELECOMM APPLICATIONS

Up to Four Gb Ports and Combinations of 100 Mb Copper or Fiber in a
Managed Switch, Plus Lower Cost Per-Port

August 30, 2005 , Fremont , Calif. - GarrettCom™ Inc.'s new
Magnum™ 6K32T Managed Switch makes Gigabit port accessibility more
available, more flexible, and less costly with a chassis that doubles
Gigabit (Gb) port capability to four Gb ports when compared to the
company's previous top-of-the-line 6K32 switch. GarrettCom sees
increasing demand in Carrier Ethernet and hardened industrial
applications for additional Gigabit throughput, and the new 6K32T
switch offers the greatest configuration flexibility and the highest Gb
capability in its price class, while new Gb port module pricing lowers
the cost of Gb connectivity.

This highly flexible member of GarrettCom's 6K Managed Switch Series
is hardened for factories and other heavy duty environments.
User-selectable Gigabit transceiver modules, auto-negotiating
10/100/1000 Gigabit copper, and a variety of fiber cabling types and
distances allow custom port-type flexibility based on application
requirements. In a related move, GarrettCom reduced Gigabit port module
prices by $150 each across the Magnum 6K family.

"As always, applications expand to meet - or surpass - available
bandwidth and configuration choices," said Frank Madren , GarrettCom
President. "We have just completed an order for a customer in Europe
that needed three Gb ports for a redundant transportation application.
Passengers on new top-of-the line trains will be getting LAN and
Internet services while traveling. Multiple Gb ports were needed for
both bandwidth and fault tolerance. Other applications such as video
surveillance and security and IEC 61850 modeling are increasingly
pervasive in industry, and they eat bandwidth - driving users upscale
to Gigabit backbones."

Designed for use in telecommunications and industrial networks with
segments requiring multiple Gigabit backbone interconnections among
network centers, Magnum 6K32T Switches provide a LAN infrastructure
that can connect to communications computers, routers, industrial
controllers, streaming video input devices, or other switches. Like the
Magnum 6K32 Switch, the 6K32T Switch can support a total port count of
32 using any mix of 10/100 copper and fiber ports. Up to two of the
new Gb port modules can be traded off against 4-port 10/100 modules.
Gb port modules can include two Gb fixed ports or two GBIC open
transceiver ports, or one Gb port with other 100Mb fiber and copper
ports combinations.

Managed switch software for the new 6K32T is the Magnum MNS-6K product
which runs across the family of 6K Switches. The industry-leading
Secure Web Manager provides a graphical user interface (GUI) and Secure
web access via Secure Socket Layer (SSL).

MNS-6K software provides for a complete range of management services
designed for ease-of-use, security, and redundancy.MNS-6K supports
support industrial installations with features including Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMPv1) monitoring, SNMPv3 manager access
authentication and password encryption for mission-critical security,
Telnet and TFTP remote management, VLANs for traffic segmentation, IGMP
for multi-cast video support, RADIUS and port security for intruder
protection, and SNTP network timekeeping. All Magnum 6K switches come
with self-healing LAN support including STP and RSTP, and
GarrettCom's standards-based S-Ring™ technology for high-speed
fault detection and correction.

For telecommunications applications, the Magnum 6K32T Switch is
available with -48VDC power. Industrial users can choose 24VDC, or
125VDC, or worldwide AC. All models are easy to install and operate.
Addresses of attached nodes are automatically learned and maintained,
adapting the switching services to network changes and expansions to
provide plug-and-play operation. The 6K32T Switch shares the
high-port-density compactness of the 6K32 Switch, taking up only 1U of
19" or ETSI or 23" Telco rack space.

The Magnum 6K32T Switch is part of a broad family line of off-the-shelf
switches. There are three rack-mount models and three smaller
factory-floor and outdoor models. All share a family of modules for
user configurability and all share the same MNS-6K software.
GarrettCom's 6K series of managed switches are designed for heavy
duty applications and are NEBS and ETSI rated.

About GarrettCom
GarrettCom, Inc., Fremont , Calif. , designs, manufactures, and markets
Ethernet LAN products for telecommunications and industrial
applications. GarrettCom markets its products through a network of
resellers, OEMs, system integrators, and international distributors.
For more information on GarrettCom and its Magnum products, visit
www.GarrettCom.com.

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