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Chapter 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 1-1 Key Features
Feature Description
Configuration Backup
and Restore
Backup to TFTP server
Authentication Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+
Web – HTTPS
Telnet – SSH
SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering
Access Control Lists Supports IP or MAC ACLs
Fast Ethernet ports - 157 rules, 4 masks shared by 8-port groups
Gigabit Ethernet ports - 29 rules, 4 masks
DHCP Client Supported
DNS Client and proxy service
Port Configuration Speed and duplex mode and flow control
Rate Limiting Input and output rate limiting per port
Input rate limiting per port per CoS value
Port Mirroring Single session, one source port to one analysis port
Port Trunking Supports up to 12 trunks per unit, using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Storm Control Broadcast and multicast storm control
Unknown Packet
Blocking
Blocks multicast or unicast packets with unknown MAC address
Address Table Up to 4K MAC addresses in the forwarding table, 1024 static MAC addresses
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
Spanning Tree
Algorithm
Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and Multiple
Spanning Trees (MSTP)
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