Installation manual

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Description of Software Features
This switch provides a wide range of advanced performance enhancing features. Flow
control eliminates the loss of packets due to bottlenecks caused by port saturation.
Broadcast storm suppression prevents broadcast traffic storms from engulfing the
network. Port-based, protocol-based and private VLANs, plus support for automatic
GVRP VLAN registration provide traffic security and efficient use of network bandwidth.
CoS priority queueing ensures the minimum delay for moving real-time multimedia data
across the network. While multicast filtering provides support for real-time network
applications. Some of the management features are briefly described below.
Configuration Backup and Restore – You can save the current configuration settings to
a file on a TFTP server, and later download this file to restore the switch configuration
settings.
Authentication – This switch authenticates management access via the console port,
Telnet or web browser. User names and passwords can be configured locally or can be
verified via a remote authentication server (i.e., RADIUS or TACACS+). Port-based
authentication is also supported via the IEEE 802.1X protocol. This protocol uses the
Extensible Authentication Protocol over LANs (EAPOL) to request user credentials from
the 802.1X client, and then verifies the client’s right to access the network via an
authentication server (i.e., RADIUS server).
This switch also supports authentication, authorization, and accounting. AAA provides
accounting and billing for IEEE 802.1X authenticated users that access the network, and
for users that access management interfaces through the console and Telnet.
Authorization is provided for users that access management interfaces on the switch
through the console and Telnet. The AAA features use RADIUS or TACACS+ server
groups for centralized and robust administration control.
Other authentication options include HTTPS for secure management access via the web,
SSH for secure management access over a Telnet-equivalent connection, IP address
Virtual LANs Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, private VLANs,
voice VLANs, and QinQ tunnel
Traffic Prioritization Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, or Differentiated
Services Code Point (DSCP), and TCP/UDP Port
Quality of Service Supports Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
Link Layer Discovery Protocol Used to discover basic information about neighboring devices
Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query, as well as Multicast VLAN Registration
Tunneling Supports tunneling with IEEE 802.1Q tunneling (QinQ)
Switch Clustering Supports up to 36 Member switches in a cluster
Table 1-1 Key Features (Continued)
Feature Description