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Data Sheet
Feature Description
Port grouping/link aggregation Support for IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
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Up to 32 groups
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Up to 8 ports per group with 16 candidate ports for each (dynamic) 802.3ad LAG
VLAN Support for up to 4096 VLANs simultaneously
Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs
MAC-based VLAN
Management VLAN
PVE (Private VLAN Edge), also known as Protected Port, with multiple uplinks
Guest VLAN
Unauthenticated VLAN
Protocol-based VLAN
CPE VLAN
Dynamic VLAN assignment via Radius server along with 802.1x client authentication
Voice VLAN Voice traffic is automatically assigned to a voice-specific VLAN and treated with appropriate levels of
QoS. Auto voice capabilities deliver network-wide zero touch deployment of voice endpoints and call
control devices.
Multicast TV VLAN Multicast TV VLAN allows the single multicast VLAN to be shared in the network while subscribers
remain in separate VLANs. This feature is also known as Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR).
Q-in-Q VLANs transparently cross over a service provider network while isolating traffic among customers.
GVRP/GARP Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) and Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
enable automatic propagation and configuration of VLANs in a bridged domain.
DHCP Relay at Layer 2 Relay of DHCP traffic to DHCP server in a different VLAN. Works with DHCP Option 82.
IGMP (versions 1, 2, and 3)
snooping
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) limits bandwidth-intensive multicast traffic to only the
requesters; supports 1K (1024) and 4K (for SG500X in native mode) multicast groups (source-specific
multicasting is also supported).
IGMP querier IGMP querier is used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a
multicast router.
HOL blocking Head-of-line (HOL) blocking.
Jumbo Frames Frames up to 9K (9216) bytes in length.
Layer 3
IPv4 routing
Wirespeed routing of IPv4 packets
Up to 2K (2048) static routes and up to 256 IP interfaces
Wirespeed IPv6 Static Routing Up to 2K (2048) static routes and up to 128 IPv6 interfaces
CIDR
Support for Classless Inter-Domain Routing
RIP v2 (on 500X)
Support for Routing Information Protocol version 2, for dynamic routing
VRRP (on 500X)
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) delivers improved availability in a Layer 3 network by
providing redundancy of the default gateway servicing hosts on the network. VRRP versions 2 and 3
are supported. Up to 255 virtual routers are supported.
DHCP Server Switch functions as an IPv4 DHCP Server serving IP addresses for multiple DHCP pools/scopes
DHCP Relay at Layer 3 Relay of DHCP traffic across IP domains.
User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
Relay
Relay of broadcast information across Layer 3 domains for application discovery or relaying of
BOOTP/DHCP packets.
Stacking
Hardware stack
Up to 8 units in a stack. Up to 416 ports managed as a single system with hardware failover.
High availability
Fast stack failover delivers minimal traffic loss.
Plug-and-play stacking
configuration/management
Master/backup for resilient stack control
Auto-numbering
Hot swap of units in stack
Ring and chain stacking options
Auto stacking port speed
Flexible stacking port options
High-speed stack interconnects
Cost-effective 5G copper and high-speed 10G Fiber and Copper interfaces.
Hybrid stack A mix of SF500, SG500, and SG500X in the same stack (10/100, Gigabit, and 10 Gigabit).