4 Contents
Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
High Port Count
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Single IP Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Automatic Firmware Upgrade for New
Stack Members
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Stacking Compatibility with the
PowerConnect M6348
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Master Failover with Transparent Transition
. . . . 57
Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 57
Hot Add/Delete and Firmware
Synchronization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Security Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Configurable Access and Authentication
Profiles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Password-Protected Management Access . . . . 58
Strong Password Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . 58
TACACS+ Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
RADIUS Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
SSH/SSL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Inbound Telnet Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Denial of Service
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Captive Portal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Dot1x Authentication (IEEE 802.1X) . . . . . . . . . 60
MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication
. . . . . . . . . 60
Dot1x Monitor Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
MAC-Based Port Security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Access Control Lists (ACL)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Time-Based ACLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
IP Source Guard (IPSG). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dynamic ARP Inspection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge)
. . . . . . . . 62