Data Sheet

Ease of management and granular control
Dual firmware image and dual configuration file for transparent firmware updates / configuration changes with minimum service interruption
Flexible Port-Channel/LAG (802.3ad - 802.1AX) implementation for maximum compatibility, fault tolerance and load sharing with any type of Ethernet channeling
from other vendors switch, server or storage devices conforming to IEEE 802.3ad - including static (selectable hashing algorithms) - or to IEEE 802.1AX with dynamic
LAGs or port-channel (highly tunable LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol )
Unidirectional Link Detection Protocol (UDLD) and Aggressive UDLD detect and avoid unidirectional links automatically, in order to prevent forwarding anomalies in a
Layer 2 communication channel in which a bi-directional link stops passing trac in one direction
Port names feature allows for descriptive names on all interfaces and better clarity in real word admin daily tasks
SDM (System Data Management, or switch database)
templates allow for granular system resources
distribution depending on IPv4 or IPv6 applications
• ARP Entries (the maximum number of entries in the IPv4 Address Resolution Protocol ARP cache for
routing interfaces)
• IPv4 Unicast Routes (the maximum number of IPv4 unicast forwarding table entries)
• IPv6 NDP Entries (the maximum number of IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol NDP cache entries)
• IPv6 Unicast Routes (the maximum number of IPv6 unicast forwarding table entries)
• ECMP Next Hops (the maximum number of next hops that can be installed in the IPv4 and IPv6 unicast
forwarding tables)
Private VLANs and local Proxy ARP help reduce broadcast with added security
Management VLAN ID is user selectable for best convenience
Industry-standard VLAN management in the command line interface (CLI) for all common operations such as VLAN creation; VLAN names; VLAN “make static” for
dynamically created VLAN by GVRP registration; VLAN trunking; VLAN participation as well as VLAN ID (PVID) and VLAN tagging for one interface, a group of interfaces
or all interfaces at once
Simplified VLAN configuration with industry-standard Access Ports for 802.1Q unaware endpoints and Trunk Ports for switch-to-switch links with Native VLAN
System defaults automatically set per-port broadcast, multicast, and unicast storm control for typical, robust protection against DoS attacks and faulty clients which
can, with BYOD, oen create network and performance issues
IP Telephony administration is simplified with consistent Voice VLAN capabilities per the industry standards and automatic functions associated
Comprehensive set of “system utilities” and “Clear” commands help troubleshoot connectivity issues and restore various configurations to their factory defaults for
maximum admin eciency: traceroute (to discover the routes that packets actually take when traveling on a hop-by-hop basis and with a synchronous response when
initiated from the CLI), clear dynamically learned MAC addresses, counters, IGMP snooping table entries from the Multicast forwarding database etc...
Syslog and Packet Captures can be sent to USB storage for rapid network troubleshooting
Replaceable factory-default configuration file for predictable network reset in distributed branch oces without IT personnel
All major centralized soware distribution platforms are supported for central soware upgrades and configuration files management (HTTP, TFTP), including in highly
secured versions (HTTPS, SFTP, SCP)
Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) can be used to synchronize network resources and for adaptation of NTP, and can provide synchronized network timestamp
either in broadcast or unicast mode (SNTP client implemented over UDP - port 123)
Embedded RMON (4 groups) and sFlow agents permit external network trac analysis
Engineered for convergence
Audio (Voice over IP) and Video (multicasting) comprehensive switching, filtering, routing and prioritization
Auto-VoIP, Voice VLAN and LLDP-MED support for IP phones QoS and VLAN configuration
IGMP Snooping and Proxy for IPv4, MLD Snooping and Proxy for IPv6, and Querier mode facilitate fast receivers joins and leaves for multicast streams and ensure mul-
ticast trac only reaches interested receivers everywhere in a Layer 2 or a Layer 3 network, including source-specific (SSM) and any-source (ASM) multicast
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) uses a dedicated Multicast VLAN to forward multicast streams and avoid duplication for clients in dierent VLANs
PoE power management and schedule enablement
ProSAFE® Intelligent Edge Managed Switches Data Sheet
M4200 series
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