Datasheet

Standards Compliance
•IEEE802.1pQualityofService(QoS)
•IEEE802.1sMultipleSpanningTree
•IEEE802.1WRapidSpanningTree(RSTP)
•IEEE802.1XPort-basedNetworkAccessControl
•IEEE802.3adlinkaggregation(dynamictrunkgroups)
•IEEE802.1Qwithtagging
•IEEE802.1ABLLDP
•IEEE802.1D-2004MACBridging
•IEEE802.310Base-T
•IEEE802.3adLinkAggregation(DynamicandStatic)
•IEEE802.3u100Base-TX
•IEEE802.3xFlowcontrol(Asymmetric)
•IEEE802.3z1000Base-SX/LX
•IEEE802.3ab1000BaseT
•IEEE802.3MAUMIB(RFC2239)
•ANSITIA1057LLDP-MED
Layer 2 Features
802.1D Spanning Tree
Support
•EnhancedIronSpansupportincludes
Fast Port Span and Single-instance Span
•BrocadeLayer2devices(switches)
support up to 253 spanning tree instances
for VLANs.
•PVST/PVST+compatibility
•PVRSTcompatibility
802.1p Quality of Service
(QoS)
•StrictPriority(SP)
•WeightedRoundRobin(WRR)
•CombinedSPandWRR
•8priorityqueues
802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree
802.1W Rapid Spanning
Tree (RSTP)
•802.1WRSTPsupportallowsfor
sub-second convergence
Port Security •MACportsecurity
•Multi-deviceportauthentication
•Multiple-deviceportauthenticationwith
dynamic VLAN assignment
•DynamicACLswithMulti-Device
Port Authentication
PVRST Compatibility
ACL-based rate limiting QoS
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
forlteringtransittrafc
•SupportforinboundACLs
IPv4 ACLs
BPDU Guard
Root Guard
ConguringUplinkPortswithinaPort-basedVLAN
DynamicHostCongurationProtocol(DHCP)Assist
IGMPv1/v2/v3Snooping(IGMPv3sourcespecicsnoopinginLayer2only)
IGMP v2/v3 Fast Leave
IGMP Tracking
Inter-packet Gap (IPG) adjustment
Jumbo Frames •1-GigabitEthernetports
•Upto9216bytes
LLDP and LLDP-MED
MAC-Based VLANs •DynamicMAC-basedVLANactivation
Layer2MACltering •Filteringonsourceanddestination
MAC address
MAC authentication password override
MAClteroverrideof802.1X
Ability to disable MAC Learning
MAC authentication RADIUS time-out action
802.1X authentication RADIUS time-out action
802.1XdynamicassignmentforACL,MAClter,andVLAN
Automatic removal of Dynamic VLAN for 802.1X ports
Metro Ring Protocol 1 (MRP 1)
MLD Snooping v1/v2 •MLDv1/v2snooping(globalandlocal)
•MLDfastleaveforv1
•MLDtrackingandfastleaveforv2
•StaticMLDandIGMPgroupswithsupport
for proxy
PIM-SM V2 Snooping
RemoteFaultNotication(RFN)forGigabitEthernetports
LACP •SupportforsinglelinkLACP
Trunk groups •OptiontoincludeL2intrunkhash 
calculation
•Supportfortrunkthreshold
Flexible trunk group membership
Topology groups
UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) (Link keep-alive)
Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)
VSRP-Aware security features
VLAN Support: •4096maximumVLANs
•802.1Qwithtagging
•Dual-modeVLANs
•GVRP
•ProtocolVLANs(AppleTalk,IPv4,dynamic
IPv6, and IPX)
•Layer3SubnetVLANs(AppleTalk,IPsubnet
network, and IPX)
VLAN-based mirroring
Port mirroring and
monitoring
•Mirroringofbothinboundandoutbound
 trafconindividualportsissupported.
ACL-based mirroring
VSRP and MRP signaling
VSRP Fast Start
Static MAC entries with option to set priority
16,000 MAC Addresses
Address Locking
Auto MDI/MDIX
10/100/1000 Mbps
port speed
Auto-negotiation
802.3af Power over Ethernet
Protected Link Groups
Port-based Access Control Lists
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
MAClter-basedMirroring
Port speed downshift and selective auto-negotiation
Dynamic Voice VLAN Assignment
Private VLANs and uplink-switch
Port Loop Detection
VLAN based Static MAC Denial
Layer 2 Metro Features
•MetroRingProtocol(MRP1)
•VirtualSwitchRedundancyProtocol(VSRP)
•TopologyGroups
BROCADE FASTIRON WS SPECIFICATIONS