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zSecurity

z802.1x authentication, accounting, port security, and dynamic assignment for ACLs, MAC filtering, and VLANs

zUp to 1,534 inbound, rule-based (hardware-based) access control list (ACL) entries

zStandard ACLs based on source IP address

zExtended ACLs based on source and destination IP addresses or IP protocol information

zAuthorization, Authentication, and Accounting (AAA) support on RADIUS, TACACS, and

zMulti-device authentication, which validates and applies security policies based on MAC address information from a RADIUS server

zAES encryption for SSHv2

zDenial of Service protection against Smurf (ICMP) and TCP SYN attacks in hardware

zManagement

zIndustry-standard CLI via Telnet and SSHv2

zFault management integration with IBM Systems Director v6.2

zNetwork-wide management of all IBM b-type system networking switches using Brocade Ironview Network Manager (INM)

zSimple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) v1/v2/v3

zsFlow v5 for hardware-based packet sampling

zTies into industry tools such as Brocade INM and InMon products for trend analysis and automated policy application

zRemote Monitoring (RMON) protocol

zLink Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), and Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP)

zSimple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)

zFirmware image update via TFTP and SCP

zMonitoring

zSyslog support of up to six Syslog servers for centralized log collection and analysis.

zPort mirroring of inbound and outbound traffic.

zDigital optical monitoring monitors power levels and temperatures of optical transceivers and sends an alert if operating out of specification.

zTemperature monitoring sends alerts if the temperature exceeds a certain threshold and shuts down the device after an extended period of time.

zPort flap dampening increases network resiliency by limiting the number of port state transitions on an interface.

zLink Fault Signaling (LFS) detects and reports fault conditions on 10 GbE ports.

zUni-Directional Link Detection (UDLD) monitors the link between two devices and brings the port down if the link goes down on either end.

IBM B24X manual Tacacs+