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1 INTRODUCTION
This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching and
Layer 3 routing. It includes a management agent that allows you to
configure the features listed in this manual. The default configuration can
be used for most of the features provided by this switch. However, there
are many options that you should configure to maximize the switch’s
performance for your particular network environment.
KEY FEATURES
Table 1: Key Features
Feature Description
Configuration Backup
and Restore
Using management station or FTP/TFTP server
Authentication Console, Telnet, web – user name/password, RADIUS, TACACS+
Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering
SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
Telnet – SSH
Web – HTTPS
General Security
Measures
AAA
ARP Inspection
DHCP Snooping (with Option 82 relay information)
DoS Protection
IP Source Guard
PPPoE Intermediate Agent
Port Authentication – IEEE 802.1X
Port Security – MAC address filtering
Access Control Lists Supports up to 512 ACLs, 2048 rules per ACL, and 2048 rules per
system
DHCP/DHCPv6 Client, Relay, Relay Option 82
DNS Client and Proxy service
Port Configuration Speed, duplex mode, and flow control
Port Trunking Supports up to 16 trunks – static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Port Mirroring 27 sessions, one or more source ports to one analysis port
Congestion Control Rate Limiting
Throttling for broadcast, multicast, unknown unicast storms
Address Table 16K MAC addresses in the forwarding table,
1K static MAC addresses;
4K IPv4 entries in the host table;
1792 entries in the ARP cache, 256 static ARP entries;
1K IPv4 entries in routing table, 256 static IP routes,
32 IP interfaces;
4K L2 multicast groups