ECS4100 Series Web Management Guide-R07

Chapter 1 | Introduction
Description of Software Features
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Description of Software Features
The switch provides a wide range of advanced performance enhancing features.
Flow control eliminates the loss of packets due to bottlenecks caused by port
saturation. Storm suppression prevents broadcast traffic storms from engulfing the
network. Untagged (port-based), tagged, and protocol-based VLANs, plus support
for automatic GVRP VLAN registration provide traffic security and efficient use of
network bandwidth. CoS priority queuing ensures the minimum delay for moving
real-time multimedia data across the network. While multicast filtering provides
support for real-time network applications.
Some of the management features are briefly described below.
Configuration Backup
and Restore
You can save the current configuration settings to a file on the management station
(using the web interface) or an FTP/SFTP/TFTP server (using the web or console
interface), and later download this file to restore the switch configuration settings.
Authentication This switch authenticates management access via the console port, Telnet, or a web
browser. User names and passwords can be configured locally or can be verified via
IEEE 802.1D Bridge Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning
Store-and-Forward
Switching
Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad
frames
Spanning Tree Algorithm Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and
Multiple Spanning Trees (MSTP)
Virtual LANs Up to 4093 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, voice VLANs,
and QinQ tunnel
Traffic Prioritization Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, IP Precedence,
or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)
Qualify of Service Supports Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
Link Layer Discovery
Protocol
Used to discover basic information about neighboring devices
Switch Clustering Supports up to 36 member switches in a cluster
Connectivity Fault
Management
Connectivity monitoring using continuity check messages, fault
verification through loop back messages, and fault isolation by
examining end-to-end connections (IEEE 802.1ag)
ERPS Supports Ethernet Ring Protection Switching for increased availability
of Ethernet rings (G.8032)
Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query and Multicast VLAN Registration
Remote Device
Management
Supports Ethernet OAM functions for attached CPEs
(IEEE 802.3ah, ITU-T Y.1731)
Table 1: Key Features (Continued)
Feature Description