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1 Introduction
This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. 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
IP Source Guard
Port Authentication – IEEE 802.1X
Port Isolation - by traffic type and protocol type
Port Security – MAC address filtering
Sticky Dynamic MAC – Prevents learned address move
Traffic Segmentation - by port designation
Access Control Lists Supports up to 512 rules, 64 ACLs,
and a maximum of 32 rules for an ACL
DHCP/DHCPv6 Client
DNS Client and Proxy service
Port Configuration Speed and duplex mode and flow control
Port Trunking Supports up to 8 trunks – static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Port Mirroring 50 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,
256 L2 multicast groups