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10 Gigabit Managed Switches M7100 series
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Modern Access Layer Features Highlights (continued)
Tier 1 availability
Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG - future
maintenance release) for distributed link aggregation
across two independant switches
• AserverwithtwoEthernetports(oranyEthernetdevicesuchasanedgeswitch)canuseEthernetchanellingor
LACP bonding across two M7100 series
• Active-activeteamingacrosstwoseparatefabricsatLayer2withoutcreatingloops
• Load-balancingandautomaticfailoverensuregreaterbandwidthnetworklayersandmaximizeredundancy
Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) and Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP) allow for rapid transitionning of the ports to the Forwarding state and the suppression of Topology
Change Notification
IP address conflict detection performed by the embedded DHCP server prevents accidental IP address duplicates from perturbing the overall network stability
Power redundancy for higher availability when mission critical, including hot-swap PSUs and Fans
Ease of management and control
Dual firmware image and dual configuration file for transparent firmware updates/configuration changes with minimum service interruption
Flexible Port-Channel/LAG (802.3ad) 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 dynamic LAGs (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 traffic 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), IPv4 Multicast Routes
(the maximum number of IPv4 multicast forwarding table entries) and IPv6 Multicast Routes (the maximum number of IPv6 multicast forwarding table entries)
Loopback interfaces management for routing protocols administration
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 dynami-
cally created VLAN by GRVP 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
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, often 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 efficiency: 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...
All major centralized software distribution platforms are supported for central software 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 traffic 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 for IPv4, MLD Snooping for IPv6 and Querier mode facilitate fast receivers joins and leaves for multicast streams and ensure multicast traffic only reaches
interested receivers without the need of a Multicast router
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) uses a dedicated Multicast VLAN to forward multicast streams and avoid duplication for clients in different VLANs
Schedule enablement