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This chapter covers the following topics:
■ Product Overview
■ Configuring the Switch 8800
■ Setting Terminal Parameters
■ Command Line Interface
Product Overview The 3Com Switch 8800 is a large capacity, modular wire speed Layer 2/Layer 3
switch. It is designed for IP metropolitan area networks (MAN), large-sized
enterprise networks, and campus network users.
The Switch 8800 has an integrated chassis structure. The chassis contains a I/O
module area, fan area, power supply area, and a power distribution area. In the
I/O module area, there are seven, ten, or fourteen slots. Two slots are reserved for
the switch Fabric modules, and the remaining slots are for the I/O modules. You
can install different interface modules for different networks; the slots support a
mixed set of modules.
The Switch 8800 supports the following services:
■ MAN, enterprise/campus networking
■ Multicast service and multicast routing functions and support audio and video
multicast service.
Function Features Table 1 lists and describes the function features that the Switch 8800 supports.
Table 1 Function Features
Features Support
VLAN VLANs compliant with IEEE 802.1Q standard
Port-based VLAN
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
STP protocol Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), compliant with IEEE
802.1D/IEEE 802.1s Standard
Flow control IEEE 802.3x flow control (full-duplex)
Back-pressure based flow control (half-duplex)
Broadcast suppression Broadcast suppression
Multicast GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
Protocol-Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)