Specifications include, but are not limited to: furnish Gbps (gigabits per second) Layer 2 Managed Field Ethernet Switches (MFESs) with rack mounting hardware and optic transceivers, and all other items specified herein to provide a complete and fully functional MFES; • The materials should be new. • All MFES should be 1 Gbps Layer 2. • MFES should provide minimum of two optical 1 Gbps Ethernet small factorform pluggable/gigabit interface converter (SFP/GBIC) ports (each optical port shall consist of a pair of fibers). • MFES should provide minimum of eight 10/100 Base-T/TX full duplex copper local ports. • MFES should be furnish with either SC (standard connector) or LC (lucent connector) connectors. Ensure that all fiber optic link ports operate at 1310 or 1550 nanometers in single mode.