Lenovo G8264 Product Manual

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Support for Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) in Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) and Dense Mode (PIM-DM).IPv6 Layer 3 functionsIPv6 host managementIPv6 forwardingUp to 128 static routesSupport for OSPF v3 routing protocolIPv6 filtering with ACLs, up to 128 IPv6 ACLs supportedOpenFlow 1.0 and 1.3.1 supportVirtualizationVirtual NICs (vNICs) with Ethernet, iSCSI, or FCoE traffic on vNICsUnified Fabric Port (UFP)Ethernet or FCoE traffic is supported on UFP virtual ports (vPorts)Supports up to 1024 VLAN for the virtual portsSupports either VMready or 802.1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging (not both) on the same physicalportIntegration with L2 FailoverVirtual link aggregation groups (vLAGs)802.1Qbg Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB) is an emerging IEEE standard for allowing networks to becomevirtual machine (VM)-aware.Virtual Ethernet Bridging (VEB) and Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator (VEPA) are mechanisms forswitching between VMs on the same hypervisor.Edge Control Protocol (ECP) is a transport protocol that operates between two peers over anIEEE 802 LAN providing reliable, in-order delivery of upper layer protocol data units.Virtual Station Interface (VSI) Discovery and Configuration Protocol (VDP) allows centralizedconfiguration of network policies that will persist with the VM, independent of its location.EVB Type-Length-Value (TLV) is used to discover and configure VEPA, ECP, and VDP.VMready supportConverged Enhanced EthernetPriority-Based Flow Control (PFC) (IEEE 802.1Qbb) extends 802.3x standard flow control to allow theswitch to pause traffic based on the 802.1p priority value in each packet’s VLAN tag.Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS) (IEEE 802.1Qaz) provides a method for allocating linkbandwidth based on the 802.1p priority value in each packet’s VLAN tag.Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBX) (IEEE 802.1AB) allows neighboringnetwork devices to exchange information about their capabilities.Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)FC-BB5 FCoE specification compliantFCoE transit switch operationsFCoE Initialization Protocol (FIP) support for automatic ACL configurationFCoE Link Aggregation Group (LAG) supportSupports 2,048 FCoE sessions with FIP Snooping by using Class ID ACLsStackingUp to eight switches in a stack - single IP management802.1Qbg supportvNIC or UFP supportSupport for UFP with 802.1QbgManageabilitySimple Network Management Protocol (SNMP V1, V2 and V3)HTTP browser GUITelnet interface for CLISecure Shell (SSH)Secure FTP (sFTP)Service Location Protocol (SLP)Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)Serial interface for CLIScriptable CLIFirmware image update (TFTP and FTP)Network Time Protocol (NTP) and Precision Time Protocol (PTP) for switch clock synchronizationSwitch Center management applicationRackSwitch G8264 9