Business Policy Switch User Guide

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Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 Version 1.2
Features
The Business Policy Switch 2000 provides wire-speed switching that allows
high-performance, low-cost connections to full-duplex and half-duplex
10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet local area networks (LANs). The Business Policy
Switch provides the features detailed in the following sections:
Introduced with software version 1.2
CLI management system on page 48
Increased VLANs on page 48
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol groups on page 49
ASCII configuration file on page 53
IP manager list on page 56
Introduced with software version 1.1
Policy-enabled networks with QoS metering on page 57
Support for the GBIC MDA on page 57
EAPOL-based security on page 58
Automatic PVID on page 59
Tabular port statistics on page 61
Ability to ping on page 61
Improved STP Fast Learning Mode on page 61
BootP menu item for a stack of only BPS 2000 switches on page 62
Introduced with software version 1.0
Policy-enabled networking on page 62
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) on page 63
Security on page 66
Flash memory storage on page 76
MultiLink Trunking on page 77
Port mirroring (conversation steering) on page 78
Autosensing and autonegotiation on page 78
BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address on page 79