Item Specifications
Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP)
• STP(IEEE802.1D)
• RSTP(IEEE802.1w)
• PVST+/PVRST+
• MSTP(IEEE802.1s)
Link Aggregation IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol
Other Layer 2
functionality
IGMP v1/v2 snooping
Layer 3
functionality
IPv4 Layer 3
functionality
• Host management
• IPv4 forwarding
• Static Routes
• Open Shortest Path First(OSPF)
• Border Gateway Protocol(BGP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol(VRRP)
and VRRP-E
IPv6 Layer 3
functionality
(NOS 5.x or later
version is required to
use these feature)
• IPv6 addressing
• IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP)
• IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA)
• IPv6 Static Route
• MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery)
Snooping
• VRRP/VRRP-E v3
• OSPF v3
• BGP4+
• IPv6 ACL
• Dynamic Route Leak (IPv4/IPv6)
Network
functionality
VCS functionality • Automatic Fabric Formation
• Distributed Fabric Services
• Transparent LAN services
• Virtual Ling Aggregation Group(vLAG)
spanning multiple physical switches
• Switch Beaconing
• Distributed Configuration Management
• Transparent Interconnection of Lots of
Links(TRILL)
• Equal Cost Multi-Path(ECMP)
• Automatic Migration of Port Profiles(AMPP)
• VMware-aware Network Automation
Other network
functionality
• IEEE802.1p Class of Service(CoS)
• Eight queues per port
• Per-port QoS configuration
• Scheduling:Strict Priority(SP), Deficit
Weighted Round-Robin(DWRR)
System Unit Specifications
A-15
Hitachi Compute Blade 2500 Series Getting Started Guide