Specifications

The following table lists the basic hardware and software specifications for the XP-2000.

Table 1. Basic hardware and software specifications

Feature

 

Specification

 

 

 

Throughput

8.0-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric

 

• 6.0 million packets-per-second routing throughput

 

 

 

Capacity

Up to 16,000 routes

 

• Up to 128,000 Layer-4 application flows

 

• Up to 180,000 Layer-2 MAC addresses

 

• 4,096 Virtual LANs (VLANs)

 

• 2,000 Layer-2 security and access-control filters

 

• 3MB input/output buffering per Gigabit port

 

• 1MB input/output buffering per 10/100 port

 

 

 

Routing protocols

IP: RIP v1/v2, OSPF, BGP v2/v3/v4

 

IPX: RIP, SAP

 

Multicast: IGMP, DVMRP

 

 

 

Bridging and

802.1d Spanning Tree

VLAN protocols

802.1Q (VLAN trunking)

 

 

 

 

Media Interface

802.3 (10Base-T/100Base-TX)

protocols

 

 

 

 

 

Quality of Service

Layer-2 prioritization (802.1p)

(QoS)

Layer-3 source-destination flows

 

 

Layer-4 source-destination flows

 

Layer-4 application flows

 

 

 

RMON

RMON v1/v2 for each port

 

 

 

Management

SNMP

 

Emacs-like Command Line Interface (CLI)

 

 

 

Port mirroring

Traffic from specific ports

• Traffic to specific expansion slots (expansion modules)

This guide and other XP documentation refers to the XP-2000’s Layer-2, Layer-3, and Layer-4 switching and routing. These layers are based on the International Standards Organization (ISO) 7- layer reference model. Here is an example of that model. The XP-2000 operates within the layers

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2000 specifications

Enterasys Networks, a key player in the networking space in 2000, was renowned for its innovative solutions that combined high-performance networking with robust security features. Founded with the vision of providing enterprise-level networking infrastructure, Enterasys positioned itself to cater to the growing demands of business networks during the dot-com boom.

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