Accton Technology ES5508 Chapter 1: Introduction, Key Features, Feature, Description, Table 1-1Key Features

Chapter 1: Introduction

This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. It includes a management 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 this switch. However, there are many options that you should configure to maximize the switch’s performance for your particular network environment.

Key Features

	Table 1-1 Key Features
Feature	Description
Configuration Backup	Backup to TFTP server
and Restore
Authentication	Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+
	Web – SSL/HTTPS; Telnet – SSH
	SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
	SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
	Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering
Access Control Lists	Supports up to 32 IP or MAC ACLs
DHCP Client	Supported
DNS	Client and proxy service
Port Configuration	Speed and duplex mode
Rate Limiting	Input and output rate limiting per port
Port Mirroring	One or more ports mirrored to single analysis port
Port Trunking	Supports up to 4 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Broadcast Storm	Supported
Control
Address Table	Up to 16K MAC addresses in forwarding table
IEEE 802.1D Bridge	Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning
Store-and-Forward	Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad frames
Switching
Spanning Tree	Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and Multiple
Algorithm	Spanning Trees (MSTP)
Virtual LANs	Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, or private VLANs
Traffic Prioritization	Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, IP Precedence, or
	Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), and TCP/UDP Port
Multicast Filtering	Supports IGMP snooping and query

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