CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Conventions 10
Related Documentation 11
Documentation Comments 11
1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW
What is Management Software? 15
Switch Features Explained 15
Automatic IP Configuration 16
Security 16
Aggregated Links 16
Auto-negotiation 17
Multicast Filtering 18
Spanning Tree Protocol and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 18
Switch Database 19
Traffic Prioritization 19
RMON 20
Broadcast Storm Control 20
VLANs 20
Configuration Save and Restore 20
2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH
Port Features 23
Duplex 23
Flow Control 24
Auto-negotiation 24
Smart Auto-sensing 25
Aggregated Links 26
How 802.3ad Link Aggregation Operates 26
Implementing 802.3ad Aggregated Links 27
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