as well as firewall-like security on every port for downstream devices 
throughmulti-user,multimethodauthentication,authorizationandaudit.
Enterasys N-series flow switches:
• Ensureonlytherightusersareaccessingtherightinformationfrom
the right place at the right time
• Discover,classifyandprioritizevoiceandvideotrafcdistinctlyfrom
datatrafceventhoughasingleportmayhave1,000downstream
users
Matrix N-series can also be positioned at the edge of the network 
enablinguser/devicelevelconnectivity.Highdensity10/100/1000
connectivity and network access control functionality prevents the 
spread of worms or viruses throughout a network, protecting users within 
aVLANorworkgroupthroughquarantineandisolationofindividual
conversations.AdditionallystandardsbasedPoEsupportforIPtelephony
services and applications ensure support for convergence applications.
Switching / VLAN Services
•802.1QVLANs 
•802.1DMACBridges 
•802.1wRapid-reconvergenceofSpanningTree 
•802.1sMultipleSpanningTree 
•802.3adLinkAggregation 
•802.3aeGigabitEthernet 
•802.3az10-GigabitEthernet 
•802.3xFlowControl 
•IPMulticast(IGMPsupportv1,v2,perVLANquerierofoad) 
•JumboPacketwithMTUDiscoverySupportforGigabit 
•LinkFlapDetection 
•DynamicEgress(AutomatedVLANPortConguration) 
•GenericVLANRegistrationProtocol(GVRP)
IP Routing
•RFC1812GeneralRouting 
•RFC792ICMP 
•RFC1256ICMPRouterDiscoveryProtocol 
•RFC826ARP 
•RFC1027ProxyARP 
•StaticRoutes 
•RFC1058RIPv1 
•RFC1723RIPv2withEqualCostMultipathLoadBalancing 
•RFC1812RIPRequirements 
•RFC1519CIDR 
•RFC2338VirtualRouterRedundancyProtocol(VRRP) 
•StandardACLs 
•DHCPServerRFC1541/RelayRFC2131
Extended IP Routing
•RFC1583/RFC2328OSPFv2 
•RFC1587OSPFv2NSSA 
•RFC1745OSPFInteractions 
•RFC1746OSPFInteractions 
•RFC1765OSPFDatabaseOverow 
•RFC2154OSPFwithDigitalSignatures(Password&MD5) 
•OSPFwithMultipathSupport 
•OSPFPassiveInterfaces 
•RFC2391LoadSharingusingNetworkAddressTranslation 
•ExtendedACLs 
•PolicyBasedRouting 
•RFC1112IGMP 
•RFC2236IGMPv2 
•DVMRPv3-10 
•RFC2361ProtocolIndependentMulticast-SparseMode
Network Security and Policy Management
•802.1Xportbasedauthentication 
•Webbasedauthentication(PWA+) 
•MACbasedauthentication 
•ConvergenceEndpointDiscoverywithDynamicPolicyMapping
(SiemensHFA,CiscoVoIP,H.323andSIP,LLDP-MED)
•Multipleauthenticationtypesperportsimultaneously(802.1x, 
MAC,PWA+)
•MultipleauthenticatedUsersperportwithUniquePoliciesperUser/
endsystem(VLANassociationindependent)
•RFC3580IEEE802.1RadiusUsageGuidelines,withVLANtoPolicy
Mapping&VLANassignmentviaauthentication.
•WormSuppression(FlowSet-UpThrottling)
•BroadcastSuppression
•ARPStormPrevention
•MACtoPortLocking
•SpanGuard(SpanningTreeProtection)
•StatefulIntrusionDetectionSystemLoadBalancing
•StatefulIntrusionPreventionSystemandFirewallLoadBalancing
•BehavioralAnomalyDetection/FlowCollector(non-sampledNetow
version5andversion9)
•StaticMulticastGroupProvisioning
•MulticastGroup,SenderandReceiverPolicyControl
•VLANTAGOverwrite
Class of Service
•StrictPriorityQueuing
•WeightedFairQueuingwithQueueBandwidthshaping
•4/16TransmitQueuesperport(1000BaseXSFP)
•4TransmitQueuesperport(10/100/1000)
•16TransmitQueuesperport(10-GigabitEthernet)
•Upto1024RateLimiters
•PacketcountorBandwidthbasedRateLimiters.
•IPToS/DSCPMarking/Remarking
•802.1DPrioritytoTransmitQueueMapping
Standards and Protocols
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