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Standards and Protocol Support 
Standards Compliance
IEEE 802.1ab-REV/D3 Station and
Media Access Control Connectivity
Discovery
IEEE 802.1D Bridging
IEEE 802.1p/Q VLAN Tagging
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree 
Protocol
IEEE 802.1X Port Based Network 
Access Control
IEEE 802.1ad Provider Bridges
IEEE 802.1ah Provider Backbone 
Bridges (Not Supported on 7210 
SAS-R6 and 7210 SAS-Mxp)
IEEE 802.1ag Service Layer OAM
IEEE 802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile
IEEE 802.3 10BaseT
IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation
IEEE 802.3ae 10Gbps Ethernet
IEEE 802.3u 100BaseTX
IEEE 802.3z 1000BaseSX/LX
ITU-T Y.1731 OAM functions and 
mechanisms for Ethernet based 
networks
draft-ietf-disman-alarm-mib-04.txt
IANA-IFType-MIB
IEEE8023-LAG-MIB
ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection
Switching (version 2)
Protocol Support
BGP
RFC 1397 BGP Default Route 
Advertisement
RFC 1772 Application of BGP in the 
Internet
RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute
RFC 2385 Protection of BGP Sessions 
via MD5
RFC 2439 BGP Route Flap Dampening
RFC 2547bis BGP/MPLS VPNs
draft-ietf-idr-rfc2858bis-09.txt.
RFC 2918 Route Refresh Capability for 
BGP-4
RFC 3107 Carrying Label Information in 
BGP-4
RFC 3392 Capabilities Advertisement 
with BGP-4
RFC 4271 BGP-4 (previously RFC 1771)
RFC 4360 BGP Extended Communities 
Attribute
RFC 4364 BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private 
Networks (VPNs) (previously RFC 
2547bis BGP/MPLS VPNs)
RFC 4760 Multi-protocol Extensions for 
BGP
RFC 4893 BGP Support for Four-octet 
AS Number Space
RFC 5291 Outbound Route Filtering
RFC 5668 4-Octet AS Specific BGP 
Extended Community
 Capability 
for BGP-4
draft-ietf-idr-add-paths, 04, 
Advertisement of Multiple Paths in 
BGP
CIRCUIT EMULATION (7210 SAS-M 
Only)
RFC 4553 Structure-Agnostic Time 
Division Multiplexing (TDM) over 
Packet (SAToP)
RFC 5086 Structure-Aware Time
Division Multiplexed (TDM) Circuit
Emulation Service over Packet
Switched Network (CESoPSN)
RFC 5287 Control Protocol Extensions 
for the Setup of Time-Division 
Multiplexing (TDM) Pseudowires in 
MPLS Networks
DHCP
RFC 2131 Dynamic Host Configuration 
Protocol
RFC 3046 DHCP Relay Agent 
Information Option (Option 82)
DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES
RFC 2474 Definition of the DS Field the 
IPv4 and IPv6 Headers (Rev)
RFC 2597 Assured Forwarding PHB 
Group (rev3260)
RFC 2598 An Expedited Forwarding 
PHB
RFC 2697 A Single Rate Three Color 
Marker
RFC 2698 A Two Rate Three Color 
Marker
RFC 4115 A Differentiated Service Two-
Rate, Three-Color Marker with 
Efficient Handling of in-Profile 
Traffic
IP Fast Reroute
NOTE: On 7210 LDP FRR is 
supported.
RFC 5286, Basic Specification for IP 
Fast Reroute: Loop-Free Alternates
draft-ietf-rtgwg-lfa-manageability-08, 
Operational management of Loop 
Free Alternates
IPv6 (Not supported on 7210 SAS-T 
and 7210 SAS-Mxp)
RFC 2460 Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6) Specification
RFC 2461 Neighbor Discovery for IPv6
RFC 2462 IPv6 Stateless Address Auto 
configuration
RFC 2463 Internet Control Message 
Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet 
Protocol Version 6 Specification
NOTE:  The capabilities available when operating in access-uplink mode/L2 mode and 
network mode/MPLS mode are different. Correspondingly, not all the standards and protocols 
listed below are applicable to access-uplink mode and network mode.