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