Spec Sheet

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Data SheetEX4600 Ethernet Switch
• VLAN IDs: 4,091
• Number of LAGs: 128
• Number of ports per LAG: 32
• FCoE scale:
- Number of FCoE VLANs/FC virtual fabrics: 4,095
• Firewall filters: 4,000
• IPv4 unicast routes: 128,000 prefixes; 208,000 host routes;
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ECMP paths
• IPv4 multicast routes: 104,000
• IPv6 multicast routes: 52,000
• IPv6 unicast routes: 64,000 prefixes
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries: 48,000
• Jumbo frame: 9,216 bytes
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Port-based ACL (PACL): Ingress and egress
• VLAN-based ACL (VACL): Ingress and egress
• Router-based ACL (RACL): Ingress and egress
• ACL entries (ACE) in hardware per system:
- Ingress ACL: 1,536
- Egress ACL: 1,024
• ACL counter for denied packets
• ACL counter for permitted packets
• Ability to add/remove/change ACL entries in middle of list
(ACL editing)
• L2-L4 ACL
• IPv6 ACL
• Firewall filter on loopback interface
• Firewall filter on management interface
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) instances: 64
• VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) instances: 253
Trac Mirroring
• Mirroring destination ports per switch: 4
• Maximum number of mirroring sessions: 4
• Mirroring destination VLANs per switch: 4
Layer 2 Features
• STP—IEEE 802.1D (802.1D-2004)
• Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) (IEEE 802.1w); MSTP
(IEEE 802.1s)
• Bridge protocol data unit (BPDU) protect
• Loop protect
• Root protect
• RSTP and VSTP running concurrently
• VLAN—IEEE 802.1Q VLAN trunking
• Routed VLAN interface (RVI)
• Port-based VLAN
• MAC address filtering
• GRE tunneling
• QinQ
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• VLAN translation
• Static MAC address assignment for interface
• Per VLAN MAC learning (limit)
• MAC learning disable
• Link Aggregation and Link Aggregation Control Protocol
(LACP) (IEEE 802.3ad)
• IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
• MAC notification
• MAC address aging configuration
• MAC address filtering
• Persistent MAC (sticky MAC)
Link Aggregation
• Multichassis link aggregation (MC-LAG) - Layer 2, Layer 3,
VRRP, STP
• Redundant trunk group (RTG)
• LAG load sharing algorithm—bridged or routed (unicast or
multicast) traffic:
- IP: SIP, Dynamic Internet Protocol (DIP), TCP/UDP source
port, TCP/UDP destination port
- Layer 2 and non-IP: MAC SA, MAC DA, Ethertype, VLAN ID,
source port
- FCoE packet: Source ID (SID), destination ID (DID),
originator exchange ID (OXID), source port
Layer 3 Features (IPv4)
• Static routing
• Routing policy
• Routing protocols (RIP, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, MBGP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
• Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) protocol
• Virtual router
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay
• Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
• Multicast Features
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP): v1, v2, v3
• IGMP snooping: v1, v2, v3
• IGMP filter
• PIM-SM
• Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
• Security and Filters
• Secure interface login and password
• RADIUS
• TACACS+
• Ingress and egress filters: Allow and deny, port filters, VLAN
filters, and routed filters, including management port filters
• Filter actions: Logging, system logging, reject, mirror to an
interface, counters, assign forwarding class, permit, drop,
police, mark
• SSH v1, v2
• Static ARP support
• Storm control, port error disable, and autorecovery
• Control plane denial-of-service (DoS) protection
• Dynamic ARP inspection (DAI)
• Sticky MAC address
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