Nortel Networks 350 manual Igmp Snooping Feature, Ieee 802.1p Prioritizing, MultiLink Trunking

BayStack 350 10/100/1000 Series Switches

IGMP Snooping Feature

For conserving bandwidth and controlling IP Multicast, the IGMP Snooping feature can provide the same benefit as IP Multicast routers, but in the local area.

For more information about the IGMP Snooping feature, see “ IGMP Snooping” on page 1-34.

IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing

BayStack 350 switches can prioritize the order in which packets are forwarded, on a per-port basis.

For more information about the 802.1p prioritizing feature, see “ IEEE 802.1p Prioritizing” on page 1-39.

MultiLink Trunking

The MultiLink Trunking feature allows a user to group multiple ports (up to four) together when forming a link to another switch or server, thus increasing aggregate throughput of the interconnection between two devices, up to 800 Mb/s in full-duplex mode. BayStack 350 switches can be configured with up to six MultiLink Trunks.

For more information about the MultiLink Trunking feature, see “ MultiLink Trunks” on page 1-43.

Port Mirroring

The Port Mirroring feature (sometimes referred to as conversation steering) allows a user to designate a single switch port as a traffic monitor for up to two specified ports or two media access control (MAC) addresses. You can specify Port-Basedmonitoring, where all traffic on specified ports is monitored, or Address-Basedmonitoring, where traffic between specified MAC addresses is monitored. You can attach a probe device (such as a Bay Networks StackProbe, or equivalent) to the designated monitor port.

For more information about the port mirroring feature, see “ Port Mirroring (Conversation Steering)” on page 1-61.

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