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NIST is seeking information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing four network switches to expand our highly configurable testbed network. The network consists of four switches, a PC console, and backup UPS integrated into a single system. A flexible network architecture is required for this laboratory space to facilitate continual and well documented configurations of interconnected components. Furthermore, due to the real-time nature of some collaborations between components, highly accurate and precise timing is necessary to establish documented sequence of events and other data logging.
The scope of the testbed is expanding, requiring the acquisition of additional network switches
The network switches must meet or exceed all the requirements below.
REQUIREMENTS:
NIST seeks to obtain four network switches to expand our highly configurable testbed network.
The following diagram illustrates the present topology of the test bed network. The network consists of four switches, a PC console, and backup UPS integrated into a single system.

See attached Details and Diagram.

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