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Chapter 1: Introduction
This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. 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
and Restore
Backup to TFTP server
Authentication Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+
Web – HTTPS; Telnet – SSH
SNMP – Community strings, IP address filtering
Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering
Access Control Lists Supports up to 32 IP or MAC ACLs
DHCP Client Supported
DNS Server Supported
Port Configuration Speed, duplex mode and flow control
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 6 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Broadcast Storm
Control
Supported
Static Address Up to 16K MAC addresses in the forwarding table
IEEE 802.1D Bridge Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning
Store-and-Forward
Switching
Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad frames
Spanning Tree
Protocol
Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and Multiple
Spanning Tree Protocol (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
Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query