Chapter 1: SmartSwitch Router Product Overview

Table 1. SSR Hardware and software specifications (continued)

Feature

Specification

 

 

Port mirroring

• Traffic to Control Module

 

• Traffic from specific ports

 

• Traffic to specific chassis slots (line cards)

 

 

Hot swapping

• Power supply (when redundant supply is installed

 

and online)

 

 

Load balancing/sharing

• Cabletron Systems SMARTtrunk support

 

 

Redundancy

• Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies

 

• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

 

 

Supported Media (Encapsulation Type)

The SSR supports the following industry-standard networking media:

•IP: IEEE 802.3 SNAP and Ethernet Type II

•IPX: IEEE 802.3 SNAP, Ethernet Type II, IPX 802.3, 802.2

•802.1Q VLAN Encapsulation

Supported Routing Protocols

The SSR supports many routing protocols based on open standards. The SSR can receive and forward packets concurrently from any combination of the following:

•Interior gateway protocols:

–Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Version 2

–Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 1, 2

Chapter 3: “IP Routing Configuration Guide” on page 45 describes these protocols in detail.

•Exterior gateway protocol:

–Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Version 2,3,4

Chapter 6: “BGP Configuration Guide” on page 71 describes this protocol in detail.

•Novell IPX routing protocols:

– Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

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