SMC Networks SMC8150L2 manual Key Features, Feature Description

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	Backup to TFTP server
Restore
Authentication	Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+
	Web – 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 128 ACLs, 96 MAC rules and 96 rules per system
DHCP Client	Supported
DHCP Snooping	Supported with Option 82 relay information
Port Configuration	Speed, duplex mode and flow control
Rate Limiting	Input rate and output limiting per port
Port Mirroring	One or more port mirrored to a single analysis port
Port Trunking	Supports up to 32 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking (LACP)
Broadcast Storm Control	Supported
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)
Virtual LANs	Up to 256 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based or private VLANs
Traffic Prioritization	Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, or Differentiated
	Services Code Point (DSCP), and TCP/UDP Port
Qualify of Service	Supports Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
Multicast Filtering	Supports IGMP snooping and query, as well as Multicast VLAN Registration

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