Specifications

30 Implementing IBM System Networking 10Gb Ethernet Switches
򐂰 Availability and redundancy:
– VRRP for Layer 3 router redundancy.
– IEEE 802.1D STP for providing Layer 2 redundancy with PVRST+.
– IEEE 802.1s Multiple STP (MSTP) for topology optimization, up to 128 STP instances
supported by single switch.
– IEEE 802.1w Rapid STP (RSTP), providing rapid STP convergence for critical
delay-sensitive, traffic-like voice or video.
– Layer 2 trunk failover to support active and standby configurations of network adapter
teaming on blades.
– Interchassis redundancy (Layer 2 and Layer 3).
򐂰 VLAN support:
– Up to 1024 VLANs supported per switch, VLAN numbers that range 1 - 4095 (4095 is a
dedicated VLAN used for the management module connection only).
– 802.1Q VLAN tagging support on all ports.
– Protocol-based VLANs.
򐂰 Security:
– VLAN-based, MAC-based, and IP-based access control lists (ACLs).
– 802.1X port-based authentication.
– Multiple user IDs and passwords.
– User access control.
– Radius, Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+), and
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
򐂰 Quality of Service (QoS):
– Up to eight queues per port.
– Support for IEEE 802.1p, IP ToS/DSCP, and ACL-based (MAC/IP source and
destination addresses, VLANs) traffic classification and processing.
– Traffic shaping and remarking based on defined policies.
– Eight Weighted Round Robin (WRR) priority queues per port for processing
qualified traffic.
򐂰 Layer 3 functions:
– IP forwarding.
– IP filtering with ACLs (up to 4096 ACLs supported).
– VRRP for router redundancy.
– Support for up to 128 static routes.
– Routing protocol support (Router Information Protocol (RIP) V1, RIP V2, Open
Shortest Path First protocol (OSPF)V1, V2, and V3, BGP-4), up to 1024 entries in
routing table.
– IPv6 routing, including static routes and OSPFv3 (requires firmware V6.3 or higher).
– Support for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay.
– IPv6 host management.
– IPv6 forwarding based on static routes.