The IS420ESWAH3A model is an Industrial Ethernet or IONet Switch manufactured by General Electric to be used with real-time industrial control solutions. When being used in these applications the ESWA switch requires features that are used to help with speed and functionality some of the features are as follows; 802.3, 802.3u, and 802.3x compatibility, auto sending for the HP-MDIX, LEDs that indicate power source, and a number of others.
On the front of the IS420ESWAH3A switch, there are eight ports. The eight ports are 10/100Base-TX copper RJ45 ports. Typically ESWA switches have fiber ports which is the main distinguishing feature of how the switches are different from each other, this switch is the only switch that does not have any fiber ports. Besides the switch not having any fiber ports all of the ESWA switches are similar.