User`s guide

Summary of Features
1-2
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Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP)
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Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
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IPX, IPX/RIP, and IPX/SAP support
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Load sharing on multiple ports
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Console command-line interface (CLI) connection
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Telnet CLI connection
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support
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Remote Monitoring (RMON)
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Traffic mirroring for all ports
Note
For more information on the Gigabit switch components, refer to the
switch installation guides.
Virtual LANs
(VLANs)
The switches have a VLAN feature that enables you to construct your
broadcast domains without being restricted by physical
connections. Up to 255 VLANs can be defined on the switch. A VLAN
is a group of location- and topology-independent devices that
communicate as if they were on the same physical local area network
(LAN).
Implementing VLANs on your network has the following three
advantages:
❑
It helps to control broadcast traffic. If a device in VLAN
Marketing
transmits a broadcast frame, only VLAN
Marketing
devices receive the frame.
❑
It provides extra security. Devices in VLAN
Marketing
can only
communicate with devices on VLAN
Sales
using routing
services.
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It eases the change and movement of devices on networks. If
a device in VLAN
Marketing
is moved to a port in another part
of the network, all you must do is specify that the new port
belongs to VLAN
Marketing
.
Note
For more information on VLANs, refer to Chapter 4.