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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
Power over Ethernet Powers attached devices using IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Configuration Backup and
Restore
Backup to TFTP server
Authentication Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+, AAA,
Web – HTTPS
Telnet – SSH
SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
Port Authentication – IEEE 802.1X,
Port Security – MAC address filtering
Private VLANs
Network Access – MAC Address Authentication
DHCP Snooping (with Option 82 relay information)
IP Source Guard
Access Control Lists Supports up to 128 ACLs, 96 MAC rules, and 96 IP rules
DHCP Client
DNS Client and Proxy service
Port Configuration Speed, duplex mode and flow control
Rate Limiting Input and output rate limiting per port
Port Mirroring One or more port mirrored to a single analysis port
RSPAN Mirroring Mirrors traffic from remote switches over a dedicated VLAN
Port Trunking Supports up to 32 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Storm Control Throttling for broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast storms
Static Address Up to 8K 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 Algorithm Supports standard STP, and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) and
Multiple Spanning Trees (MSTP)