Chapter 1: Introduction

This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing. 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, Relay

Supported

and Server

 

 

 

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 32 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)

 

 

Broadcast Storm

Supported

Control

 

 

 

Address Table

Up to 16K MAC addresses in forwarding table, 1024 static MAC addresses;

 

Up to 8K IP entries in ARP cache, 64K IP entries in routing table, 256 static IP routes

 

 

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

 

 

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Microsoft ES4649, ES4625 manual Key Features

ES4649, ES4625 specifications

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