Specifications

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– Fast Uplink Convergence
– BPDU guard
򐂰 Quality of Service:
– QoS 802.1p (priority queues)
– DSCP remarking
– Metering
򐂰 Routing protocols:
– RIP v1/v2
–OSPF
–BGP
򐂰 High availability:
– Layer 2 failover
– Hot Links
–VRRP
򐂰 Multicast:
– IGMP Snooping v1, v2, and v3 with 2 K IGMP groups
– Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM Sparse Mode/Dense Mode)
򐂰 Monitoring:
– Port mirroring
– ACL-based mirroring
–sFlow Version 5
򐂰 Virtualization:
– VMready with VI API support
– vNIC MIB support for SNMP
򐂰 Upgrades:
– Upgrade firmware through serial or TFTP
– Dual software images
Management features
RackSwitch G8264 supports the following management clients:
򐂰 IBM System Networking Element Manager
򐂰 isCLI (Cisco-like)
򐂰 Scriptable CLI
򐂰 Browser-based client or Telnet
Standard protocols
RackSwitch G8264 supports the following standard protocols:
򐂰 IPv6
򐂰 SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
򐂰 RMON
򐂰 Secondary NTP Support
򐂰 DHCP Client
򐂰 DHCP Relay
򐂰 LLDP
򐂰 128 K MAC Table
򐂰 9 K Jumbo Frames
򐂰 802.3X Flow Control