Nortel Networks 380 Switch User Manual


 
Appendix A Technical specifications 181
Using the BayStack 380 10/100/1000 Switch
Performance specifications
Table 46 lists performance specifications for the BayStack 380 Switch.
Network protocol and standards compatibility
The following are protocols and standards used by the BayStack 380 Switch:
IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T (ISO/IEC 8802-3, Clause 14)
IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX (ISO/IEC 8802-3, Clause 25)
IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE-T
IEEE 802.3z (gigabit ethernet)
IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN Tagging)
IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control with 802.1D compliant device)
IEEE 802.1D (Spanning tree protocol)
IEEE 802.1p (Prioritization)
Table 46 Performance specifications
Parameter Specifications
Frame Forward Rate
(64-byte packets)
Up to 3.35 million packets per second (pps) maximum,
learned unicast traffic
Port Forwarding/Filtering
Performance
(64-byte packets)
For 10 Mb/s: 14,880 pps maximum
For 100 Mb/s: 148,810 pps maximum
For 1000 Mb/s: 1,488,100 pps maximum
Address Database Size 32,000 entries at line rate
Addressing 48-bit MAC address
Frame Length 64 to 9,216 bytes (IEEE 802.1Q Tagged)