Administrator Guide

4 Contents
Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Mixed and Single Series Stacking
. . . . . . . . . 66
Single IP Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Master Failover with Transparent Transition
. . . . 67
Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 68
Hot Add/Delete and Firmware
Synchronization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Security Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configurable Access and Authentication
Profiles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Password-Protected Management Access
. . . . 69
Strong Password Enforcement
. . . . . . . . . . . 69
TACACS+ Client
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
RADIUS Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
SSH/SSL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Inbound Telnet Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Denial of Service
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Port Protection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Captive Portal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
802.1X Authentication (IEEE 802.1X)
. . . . . . . . 72
MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication
. . . . . . . . . 73
802.1X Monitor Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
MAC-Based Port Security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Time-Based ACLs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
IP Source Guard (IPSG)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Dynamic ARP Inspection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge)
. . . . . . . . 75
Green Technology Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Energy Detect Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Energy Efficient Ethernet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76