SMC Networks SMC7816M, SMC7816VSW Description of Software Features

I NTRODUCTION
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Description of Software Features
The switch provides a wide range of advanced performance enh ancing
features. Flow control eliminates the loss of packets due to bottlenecks
caused by port saturation. Storm suppression prevents broa dcast, multicast
and unknown unicast traffic storms from engulfing the network. Untagged
(port-based), tagged, and protocol-based VLANs, plus support for
automatic GVRP VLAN registration provide traffic security and efficient
use of network bandwidth. CoS priority queueing ensures the minimum
delay for moving real-time multimedia data across the network. While
multicast filtering provides support for real-time network applications.
Some of the management features are briefly describe d below.
Configuration Backup and Restore – You can save the current
configuration settings to a file on a TFTP server, and later download this
file to restore the switch configuration settings.
Authentication – This switch authenticates management access via the
console port, Telnet or web browser. User names and passwords can be
configured locally or can be verified via a remote authentication server (i.e.,
RADIUS or TACACS+). Port-based authentication is also supported via
the IEEE 802.1X protocol. This protocol uses Extensible Authent ication
Protocol over LANs (EAPOL) to request user credentials from the 802.1X
client, and then uses the EAP between the switch and the authentication
Traffic
Prioritization
Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, IP
Precedence, or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), and
TCP/UDP Port
Qualify of Service Supports Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping, query, profile filtering, and Multicast
VLAN Registration
Tunneling Supports IEEE 802.1Q tunneling (QinQ)
Table 1-1 Key Features (Continued)
Feature Description