Spec Sheet

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Data SheetEX4600 Ethernet Switch
DHCP snooping
Filter based forwarding
IP directed broadcast traffic forwarding
IPv4 over GRE (encap and decap)
Layer 3 Features (IPv6)
Static routing
Routing protocols (RIPng, OSPF v3, IS-IS v6, BGP v6)
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP v3)
IPv6 CoS (BA, MF classification and rewrite, scheduling
based on TC)
IPv6 over MPLS LSPs (6PE)
IPv6 ping
IPv6 traceroute
Neighbor discovery protocol
Path MTU discovery
SNMP, NTP, DNS, RADIUS, TACACS+, AAA
Virtual router support for IPv6 unicast
Quality of Service (QoS)
L2 and L3 QoS: Classification, rewrite, queuing
Rate limiting:
- Ingress policing: 1 rate 2 color, 2 rate 3 color
- Egress policing: Policer, policer mark down action
- Egress shaping: Per queue, per port
12 hardware queues per port (8 unicast and 4 multicast)
Strict priority queuing (LLQ), smoothed deficit weighted
round-robin (SDWRR), weighted random early detection
(WRED), weighted tail drop
802.1p remarking
L2 classification criteria: Interface, MAC address, Ethertype,
802.1p, VLAN
Congestion avoidance capabilities: WRED
Trust IEEE 802.1p (ingress)
Remarking of bridged packets
Priority-based flow control (PFC)—IEEE 802.1Qbb
Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)—IEEE 802.1Qaz
Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBX), DCBx
FCoE, and iSCSI type, length, and value (TLVs)
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
FCoE transit switch (FIP snooping ACL installation)
Virtual fiber channel gateway
FCoE session path learning
FCoE session health monitoring
Graceful restart for FIP snooping
FC-BB-6 VN2VN snooping
Virtual Chassis
40GbE and 10GbE as Virtual Chassis port
Virtual Chassis Routing Engine (RE) election
Virtual Chassis pre-provisioning (plug and play)
Auto-LAG formation of Virtual Chassis ports
Mixed Virtual Chassis support between EX4300-EX4600
(in data center only)
FCoE transit across Virtual Chassis members
QoS on Virtual Chassis ports
Local designated forwarding
Graceful RE switchover (GRES)
Nonstop routing (NSR)
Nonstop bridging (NSB)
Monitor distributed aggregate interface
Control plane protection for virtual RE
High Availability
ISSU (in standalone and MC-LAG configuration)
Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
Uplink failure detection (UFD)
Graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) in Virtual
Chassis configuration
Non-stop bridging (NSB) in Virtual Chassis configuration
Non-stop routing (NSR) in Virtual Chassis configuration
Non-stop software upgrade (NSSU) in Virtual Chassis
configuration
MPLS
VRF-Lite
2-label stack
Static label-switched paths (LSPs)
RSVP-based signaling of LSPs
LDP-based signaling of LSPs
LDP tunneling (LDP over RSVP)
MPLS class of service (CoS)
MPLS access control list (ACL)/policers
MPLS LSR support
Push, swap, pop, IP lookup
IPv6 tunneling (6PE) (via IPv4 MPLS backbone)
MPLS Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)—
LSP ping
IPv4 L3VPN (RFC 2547, 4364)
Ethernet-over-MPLS (L2 circuit)
Layer 3 VPN (L3VPN)
Layer 2 VPN (L2VPN)
Link protection
MPLS fast reroute (FRR)- 1:1 Protection
Node-link protection
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