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Chapter 1: Introduction
This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching and Layer 3
routing. 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 – SSL/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 lists, 4 masks shared by 8-port groups
Gigabit Ethernet ports - 29 lists, 4 masks
DHCP Client, Relay
and Server
Supported
DNS Server Supported
Port Configuration Speed and duplex mode and flow control
Rate Limiting Input and output rate limiting per port
Port Mirroring Single session, one source port to one analysis port
Port Trunking Supports up to 12 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Broadcast Storm
Control
Supported
Address Table Up to 16K MAC addresses in forwarding table, 1024 static MAC addresses;
Up to 4K IP entries in ARP cache, 16K IP entries in routing table, 256 static IP routes
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)
Virtual LANs Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, or private VLANs