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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+
Web – HTTPS
Tel net – SS H
SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering
General Security
Measures
Private VLANs
Port Authentication
Port Security
DHCP Snooping
IP Source Guard
Access Control Lists Supports up to 512 rules, 64 ACLs,
and a maximum of 32 rules for an ACL
DHCP 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 10 sessions, one or more source ports to one analysis port
Congestion Control Rate Limiting
Throttling for broadcast, multicast, unknown unicast storms
Random Early Detection
Address Table 8K MAC addresses in the forwarding table, 1K static MAC
addresses, 255 L2 multicast groups
IP Version 4 and 6 Supports IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, and management
IEEE 802.1D Bridge Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning
Store-and-Forward
Switching
Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad
frames