Installation guide

AT-8400 Series Switch Overview
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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping
(RFC 2236) — controls the flow of multicast packets for improved
network performance
Quality of Service (IEEE 802.1p-compliant) — features high and
low priority queues for tagged frames
Port trunking (IEEE 802.3ad) (static link aggregation, non LACP)—
increases bandwidth between devices through load balancing
across multiple data links
Port mirroring — copies network traffic onto a switch port for
network troubleshooting
Port security — offers four levels of access security
MAC address table — stores up to 8,000 addresses
Backpressure and flow control (IEEE 802.3x and IEEE 802.3z-
compliant)
Stores and forwards packet handling
Note
For descriptions of the software features, refer to the AT-S60
Management Software User’s Guide and the AT-S60 Command
Line User’s Guide.