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Link Aggregation
• Port channel 802.3ad providing Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) and static support
• Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) (a LAG that spans multiple physical switches)
• QoS
• 802.1x and 802.1p marking
• Link Layer Discover Protocol (LLDP) and Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) support
• iSCSI DCBX support
• Strict priority (SP) and Shaped Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (SDWRR) scheduling
Management
• IPv4 and IPv6 for management and data flow, dual stack
• TACACS+, RADIUS, and Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication for user
management
• CLI management utilities on Network OS
• Brocade Network Advisor (ver 11.3) for Web-based GUI used for configuration and switch
management
• Command-line interface (CLI) that offers flexible, remote switch management using a Telnet
connection or SSH
• Fujitsu Management Blade or Brocade Web Tools
• sFlow for network traffic monitoring
• TRILL Operations, Administration, and Management (OAM)
• Distributed configuration management (DCM)
• SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
• SNMP MIBs common to standard switches (as described in the Network OS MIB Reference)
• Switch Beaconing
• Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)
• MAC learning and aging
• MAC learning on uplink ports to support many MAC addresses
• VCS license—Enables VCS clustering. A two-node VCS can be created without requiring a VCS license;
however, creation of a VCS cluster beyond two nodes requires a VCS license on all nodes in the
cluster.
• SNMP and Netconf to provide easy access to switch information
Summary of New Features and Enhancements
NOS v2.1.1 includes the following new features:
• VCS fabric to FC SAN Connectivity
• Edge Loop Detection (ELD)
• Configurable Tail Drop Threshold
NOS v2.1.1 also includes the following new enhancements and support:
• Support for Ultra Short Range optics
• VM-Aware Network Automation support with vSphere 5.0