1-1Chapter 1: IntroductionThis switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. It includes amanagement agent that allows you to configure the features listed in this manual.The default configuration can be used for most of the features provided by thisswitch. However, there are many options that you should configure to maximize theswitch’s performance for your particular network environment.Key FeaturesTable 1-1. Key FeaturesFeature DescriptionConfiguration Backupand RestoreBackup to TFTP serverAuthentication Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+Web – HTTPS; Telnet – SSHSNMP – Community strings, IP address filteringPort – IEEE 802.1x, MAC address filteringAccess Control Lists Supports up to 32 IP or MAC ACLsDHCP Client SupportedDNS Server SupportedPort Configuration Speed, duplex mode and flow controlRate Limiting Input and output rate limiting per portPort Mirroring One or more ports mirrored to single analysis portPort Trunking Supports up to 6 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)Broadcast StormControlSupportedStatic Address Up to 16K MAC addresses in the forwarding tableIEEE 802.1D Bridge Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learningStore-and-ForwardSwitchingSupported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad framesSpanning TreeProtocol Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and MultipleSpanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)Virtual LANs Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, or private VLANsTraffic Prioritization Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, IP Precedence, orDifferentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), and TCP/UDP PortMulticast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query
