Specifications

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– Layer 2 Trunk Failover to support active/standby configurations of network adapter
teaming on blades.
– Interchassis redundancy (L2 and L3).
򐂰 VLAN support:
– Up to 1024 VLANs supported per switch, with VLAN numbers ranging 1 - 4095 (4095 is
used for management module’s connection only).
– 802.1Q VLAN tagging support on all ports.
– Private VLANs.
򐂰 Security:
– VLAN-based, MAC-based, and IP-based ACLs.
– 802.1X port-based authentication.
– Multiple user IDs and passwords.
– User access control.
– Radius/TACACS+.
򐂰 Quality of Service (QoS):
– 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 896 ACLs supported.
– VRRP for router redundancy.
– Support for up to 128 static routes.
– Routing protocol support (RIP v1, RIP v2, OSPF v2, BGP-4). Up to 2048 entries in a
routing table.
– Support for DHCP Relay.
– IPv6 host management support.
򐂰 Manageability:
– Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP V1 and V3).
– HTTP browser GUI.
– Telnet interface for CLI.
– SSH.
– Serial interface for CLI.
– Scriptable CLI.
– Firmware image update (TFTP and FTP).
– Network Time Protocol (NTP) for switch clock synchronization.
򐂰 Monitoring:
– Switch LEDs for external port status and switch module status indication.
– Port mirroring for analyzing network traffic passing through switch.