M4250 Datasheet
L2 Services - Availability
IEEE 802.3ad - LAGs
LACP
LACPautomaticallyrevertstoandfromStaticLAG
Static LAGs
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Up to 8 LAGs and up to 8 ports per group
LAG Hashing Yes
LAG Member Port Flaps Tracking Yes
Auto-LAG Yes
If more than one link between two M4250 switches, a Link Aggregation
Group is created, dynamically
StormControl Yes
IEEE802.3x(FullDuplexandowcontrol)
PerportFlowControl
Yes
Yes
AsymmetricandSymmetricFlowControl
UDLDSupport(UnidirectionalLinkDetection)
Normal-Mode
Aggressive-Mode
Yes
Yes
Yes
Link Dependency Yes
Allow the link status of specified ports to be dependent on the link status of
other ports
IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol Yes
IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Yes
IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Yes
PerVLANSTP(PVSTP)withFastUplinkand
FastBackbone
Yes PVST+ interoperability
L2 Services - VLANs
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Yes 802.1Q-1998 Up to 4,093 VLANs - 802.1Q Tagging
Auto-Trunk Yes
Dynamic VLAN trunking as soon as a M4250 switch gets connected to another
M4250 switch
Protocol Based VLANs
IP subnet
ARP
IPX
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Subnet based VLANs Yes
MACbasedVLANs Yes
Voice VLAN Yes BasedonphonesOUIbytes(internaldatabase,oruser-maintained)
orprotocols(SIP,H323andSCCP)
Private Edge VLAN Yes
Private VLAN Yes
IEEE 802.1x
Guest VLAN
RADIUS based VLAN assignment via .1x
RADIUS based Filter ID assignment via .1x
MAC-based.1x
Unauthenticated VLAN
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
802.1x-2004
IPphonesandPCscanauthenticateonthesameportbutunderdifferent
VLAN assignment policies
Double VLAN Tagging
Enabling dvlan-tunnel makes interface
Globalethertype(TPID)
Interfaceethertype(TPID)
CustomerIDusingPVID
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
GARP with GVRP/GMRP Yes Automatic registration for membership
in VLANs or in multicast groups
MultipleRegistrationProtocol(MRP) Yes CanreplaceGARPfunctionality
MulticastVLANRegistrationProtocol(MVRP) Yes CanreplaceGARPfunctionality
MVR(MulticastVLANregistration) Yes
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