12 Intel® NetStructure™ ZT 8101 10/100 Ethernet Switch User’s Manual
Introduction
• Per device packet buffer: 512 KB
• 8.8 Gbps switching fabric capacity
• Store and forward switching mode
• 8 KB for MAC address caching
• Broadcast and multicast storm control
• Port mirroring
• IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation
• IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol
• IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs
• GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) for distribution of VLAN information
• GMRP (Group Multicast Registration Protocol)
• IEEE 802.1p priority support with 4 priority queues
• IGMP Snooping
Layer 3 Switching Functions
• Wire speed IP forwarding rate per system
• Hardware-based Layer 3 IP switching
• 2 KB for IP address caching
• RIP (Routing Information Protocol) v1 and v2
• IP v4
• IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) v2
• PIM-DM (Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode)
• DVMRP (Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol) v3
• IP multi-netting
• Path MTU discovery
• DHCP/BOOTP relay
Additional Features
Front Panel Features
• 2 10/100 RJ45 ports
• 2 100/1000 RJ45 ports
• RS-232 serial console port
• Status LEDs for port link, speed, and activity