3Com 10014298 manual Product Overview

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SYSTEM ACCESS

	This chapter covers the following topics:
	■	Product Overview
	■ Configuring the Switch 7750
	■	Setting Terminal Parameters
	■	Command Line Interface
Product Overview	The 3Com Switch 7750 is a large capacity, modularized wire speed Layer 2/Layer 3
	switch. It is designed for IP metropolitan area networks (MAN), large-sized
	enterprise networks, and campus network users.

The Switch 7750 has an integrated chassis structure. The chassis contains a card area, fan area, power supply area, and a power distribution area. In the card area, there are seven slots. Slot 0 is prepared specially for the switch Fabric module. The remaining slots are for interface modules. You can install different interface modules for different networks; the slots support a mixed set of modules.

The Switch 7750 supports the following services:

■MAN, enterprise/campus networking

■Multicast service and multicast routing functions and audio and video multicast service.

Features Table 3 lists and describes the function features that the Switch 7750 supports.

Table 3 Function Features

Features	Support
VLAN	VLANs compliant with IEEE 802.1Q standard
	Port-based VLAN
	Protocol-based VLAN
	GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
STP protocol	Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
	Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), compliant with IEEE
	802.1D/IEEE 802.1s Standard
Flow control	IEEE 802.3x flow control (full-duplex)
	Back-pressure based flow control (half-duplex)
Broadcast suppression	Broadcast suppression
Multicast	GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)
	Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping
	Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
	Protocol-Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
	Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)