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CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS GUIDE 5
C
ONTENTS 7
F
IGURES 37
T
ABLES 49
SECTION I GETTING STARTED 55
1INTRODUCTION 57
Key Features 57
Description of Software Features 58
Configuration Backup and Restore 58
Authentication 58
Access Control Lists 59
DHCP 59
Port Configuration 59
Port Mirroring 59
Port Trunking 59
Rate Limiting 60
Broadcast Storm Control 60
Static Addresses 60
IEEE 802.1D Bridge 60
Store-and-Forward Switching 60
Spanning Tree Algorithm 60
Virtual LANs 61
IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling (QinQ) 61
Traffic Prioritization 62
Quality of Service 62
IP Routing 62
Equal-cost Multipath Load Balancing 63
Router Redundancy 63