Cisco Systems WS-F6K-MSFC2 manual Layer 3 Forwarding Features, Layer 3 Routing Protocols

Features

Features

The MSFC2 ships with 128-MB SDRAM at 100 MHz with Error Checking and Correction (ECC) (single-bit error detection and correction; 2-bit error detection) as the default and is upgradeable to 256 MB or 512 MB.

Table 1 lists the Cisco IOS features available for the MSFC2.

Table 1 Cisco IOS Features

Layer 3 Forwarding Features

Wire-speed IP, IP multicast, and IPX routing between VLANs (switches running the Cisco

IOS for the Catalyst 6000 Family of Switches product can also route between ports)

Support for up to 128,000 entries for IP network prefixes, IP unicast and multicast addresses,

IPX network numbers, and MAC addresses1

FIB2 and adjacency database support as defined in other Cisco routers

Destination-based load sharing among equal cost paths

Layer 3 Routing Protocols

Static IP routing

IP routing protocols: IGRP3, EIGRP4, OSPF5, RIP6, and RIP-2

IP multicast routing protocols: PIM7 (sparse and dense mode) and DVMRP8 interrupt

IPX routing protocols: RIP, NLSP9, and EIGRP

Layer 3 Related Protocols

IGMP10 v1 and v2

IGMP snooping

CGMP11 server support

Full ICMP12 support

GDP13

IRDP14

MSDP15

MBGP16

Catalyst 6000 Family Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 Installation Note

4 78-10605-03