CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE
Conventions 10
Related Documentation 11
Documentation Comments 11
1 SWITCH FEATURES OVERVIEW
What is Management Software? 13
Switch Features Explained 13
Aggregated Links 14
Auto-negotiation 14
Configuration Save and Restore 15
Multicast Filtering 16
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol 16
Switch Database 17
Traffic Prioritization 17
Rate Limiting 17
RMON 17
Broadcast Storm Control 18
VLANs 18
Automatic IP Configuration 18
Port Security 18
IP Routing 19
Dynamic Routing 19
2 OPTIMIZING BANDWIDTH
Port Features 21
Duplex 21
Flow Control 22
Auto-negotiation 22
Aggregated Links 23
How 802.3ad Link Aggregation Operates 23