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NTRODUCTION
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DHCP Client Supported
DHCP Snooping Supported with Option 82 relay information
Port Configuration Speed, duplex mode and flow control
Rate Limiting Input rate limiting per port
Port Mirroring One port mirrored to a single analysis port
Port Trunking Supports up to 8 trunks using either static or dynamic
trunking (LACP)
Broadcast Storm
Control
Supported
Static Address Up to 8K MAC addresses in the forwarding table
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, and Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (RSTP)
Virtual LANs Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, or private
VLANs
Traffic Prioritization Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling,
or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), and TCP/
UDP Port
Qualify of Service Supports Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query, as well as Multicast
VLAN Registration
Switch Clustering Supports up to 36 Member switches in a cluster
a. SMC6824MPE and SMC6826MPE only.
Table 1-1. Key Features
Feature Description