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• Cisco Group Multicast Protocol (CGMP) server

• Full Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) support

• ICMP Router Discovery Protocol

• Policy-based routing (PBR)

• Virtual Route Forwarding-lite (VRF-lite)

• IPv6 (software switched)

Sophisticated QoS and Traffic Management

• Per-port QoS configuration

• Support for four queues per port

• Strict priority queuing

• IP differentiated services code point (DSCP)

• Classification and marking based on IP type of service (ToS) or DSCP

• Classification and marking based on full Layer 3 and Layer 4 headers

• Input and output policing based on Layer 3 and Layer 4 headers

• Support for 1024 policers on ingress and 1024 policers on egress configured as aggregate or individual

• Shaping and sharing output queue management

• DBL: Congestion-avoidance feature

• No performance penalty for granular QoS functions

• Auto-QoS command-line interface (CLI) for VoIP deployments

Predictable Performance

• 96-Gbps switching fabric

• Layer 2 hardware forwarding at 72 Mpps

• Layer 3 hardware-based IP Cisco Express Forwarding routing at 72 Mpps

• Layer 4 TCP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) hardware-based filtering at 72 Mpps

• No performance penalty with advanced Layer 3 and Layer 4 services enabled

• Software-based learning at a sustained rate of 1000 hosts per second

• Support for 32,768 MAC addresses

• Support for 131,072 entries in routing table (shared between unicast and multicast)

• Scalability to 4000 virtual ports (VLAN port instances)

• Bandwidth aggregation up to 16 Gbps through Cisco Gigabit EtherChannel technology

• Hardware-based multicast management

• Hardware-based ACLs

Comprehensive Management

• Single console port and single IP address to manage all system features

• Software configuration management, including local and remote storage

• Optional Compact Flash memory card to store software images for backup and easy software upgrades

• Manageable through CiscoWorks Windows network-management software on a per-port and per-switch basis, providing a common

management interface for Cisco routers, switches, and hubs

• SNMP v1, v2, and v3 instrumentation, delivering comprehensive in-band management

• CLI-based management console to provide detailed out-of-band management