Dell 6024F manual 802.1p Priority, Quality of Service QoS, Link Aggregation 802.3ad

Feature Function Benefit

	dynamic port-based VLAN
	configuration as per IEEE
	802.1Q.
802.1p Priority	Utilizes separate transmission
	queues for low and high priority
	traffic.
Quality of Service (QoS)	Prioritizes traffic based upon
	user-defined criteria, including
	L2, L3 and L4 information.

Link Aggregation (802.3ad)	Groups up to seven ports
	together into a single, high-
	bandwidth trunk. LACP provides
	automatic detection of link
	aggregation groups.
Multicast Support	Detects ports that are
	participating in IP Multicast
	communication, e.g.,
	multimedia streams.
Spanning Tree Support	Automatically configures ports
	for speed, duplex mode, flow
	control and cabling used. Rapid
	spanning tree improves the time
	to reconfigure the topology as
	compared to standard spanning
	tree.
Management	Enables remote configuration
	and monitoring of the switch via
	a Web-browser or a SNMP-
	based management console
	application. Industry standard
	CLI provides command line
	interface for switch
	configuration.
Authentication Support	SSL provides encryption of
	management traffic when
	accessing the switch via the
	embedded web server. SSH

provides dynamic VLAN configurations and reduces administrative tasks associated with static VLANs.

Helps ensure low-latency delivery of time critical network traffic, e.g., traffic associated with voice or video communication.

Helps ensure time-critical network traffic is delivered as per network administrator’s prioritization needs. Helps expedite traffic based upon L2, L3 or L4 information, such as IP ToS, and provides greater control over traffic flow within the network.

Helps increase bandwidth for critical network links (e.g., uplinks to a network backbone) and creates link redundancy. LACP provides easy to deploy and resilient link aggregation groups.

Limits broadcast traffic to those ports that are actually participating in the communication.

Helps reduce network set-up time and improves network availability by automatically activating standby links when current link goes down.

Allows a network administrator to detect and remedy problems at local and remote locations.

Industry standard CLI leverages network administrator’s knowledge of industry-standard CLI and provide a common platform for switch configurations.

Helps enhance the security of the network by encrypting network management traffic.

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