3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 1 Product Overview
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Chapter 1 Product Overview 1.1 Product Overview
The Switch 8800 is a large-capacity, modularized L2/L3 switch. It is mainly designed for
broadband MAN, backbone, switching core and convergence center of large-sized
enterprise network and campus network. It provides diverse services and can be used
in constructing a stable and high-performance IP network.
The Switch 8800 supports the following services:
z Internet broadband access
z MAN, enterprise/campus networking
z Providing multicast service and multicast routing and supporting multicast audio
and video services.
1.2 Function Features
Table 1-1 Function features
Features Implementation
VLAN
Supports VLAN compliant with IEEE 802.1Q Standard
Supports port-based and MAC-based VLAN
Supports GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
STP protocol Supports Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) / Multiple Spanning Tree
Protocol (MSTP), compliant with IEEE 802.1D/IEEE 802.1s
Standard
Flow control Supports IEEE 802.3x flow control (full-duplex)
Supports back-pressure based flow control (half-duplex)
Broadcast
Suppression Supports Broadcast Suppression
Multicast
Supports Internet Group Management Protocol Snooping (IGMP
Snooping)
Supports Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
Supports Protocol-Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
Supports Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode
(PIM-SM)
Supports Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP)
Supports Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP)