Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions and Aquantia, a pioneer in high-speed Ethernet connectivity solutions; have announced a production-ready multi-rate switch reference platform. It has been optimized to support 24×2.5G and up to additional four 2.5G/5G/10G BASE-T ports. The solution integrates Microsemi’s SparX-IV L2/L3 enterprise switch, VSC7448; Linux SMBStaX software; clock management; PD69208M Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE) manager and Aquantia’s second generation multi-rate IEEE™802.3bz PHY, AQR409.