Alcatel-Lucent AOS-W 6.5.3.x - Branch Deployment Features

216| BranchSwitch Config for Cloud Services Switches AOS-W 6.5.3.x| User Guide
This chapter describes the features and functions of a branch switch, and includes the following topics:
n Branch Deployment Features on page 216
n Zero-Touch Provisioning on page 230
n Using Smart Config to create a Branch Config Group on page 233
n PortFast and BPDU Guard on page 254
n Preventing WANLink Failure on Virtual APs on page 257
n Branch WAN Dashboard on page 257
Branch Deployment Features
This section describes the following branch switch features. For details on the configuration parameters for
each of these features, see Using Smart Config to create a Branch Config Group on page 233.
n Layer-3 Redundancy for Branch Switch Masters on page 217
n WAN Failure (Authentication) Survivability on page 218
n WAN Health Check on page 224
n WAN Optimization through IP Payload Compression on page 224
n Interface Bandwidth Contracts on page 225
n Branch Integration with a Palo Alto Networks (PAN) Portal on page 226
n Branch Switch Routing Features on page 229