Datasheet

Data Sheet
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Features and Specifications at a Glance
Performance and Switching
96 Gbps nonblocking switch fabric
72 mpps Layer 2 forwarding (hardware)
72 mpps Layer 3 and 4 forwarding: IP routing and Cisco Express Forwarding (hardware)
Layer 2 to 4 hardware-based switch engine (application-specific integrated circuit [ASIC]-
based)
Unicast and multicast routing entries: 32,000
Support for 4096 active VLANs and 4096 VLAN IDs per switch
Layer 2 multicast addresses: 16,384
MAC addresses: 32,768
Policers: 512 ingress and 512 egress
Access control list (ACL) and QoS entries: 32,000
Uplinks: 4 alternatively wired SFP ports with Cisco Gigabit EtherChannel support
Latency: 6 microseconds for 64-byte packets
SVIs: 2048
Spanning Tree Protocol instances: 1500
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping entries: 8000
Layer 2 Features
Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 72 mpps
Layer 2 switch ports and VLAN trunks
IEEE 802. 1Q VLAN encapsulation
Inter-Switch Link (ISL) VLAN encapsulation
Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP)
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) and VTP domains
PVST+ and Per-VLAN Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (PVRST)
Flexlink
Spanning Tree PortFast and PortFast Guard
Spanning Tree UplinkFast and BackboneFast
IEEE 802.1s
IEEE 802.1w
IEEE 802.3ad
Spanning Tree Root Guard
Cisco Discovery Protocol Version 1 and 2
IGMPv1, v2, and v3
Cisco EtherChannel technology, Cisco Fast EtherChannel technology, and Cisco Gigabit
EtherChannel technology support
Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP)
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)