Chapter 47 Product Specifications

Table 149 Feature Specifications (continued)

Security

Static MAC address filtering

Static MAC address forwarding

MAC Freeze

IEEE 802.1x port-based authentication

Limiting number of dynamic MAC addresses per port SSH v1/v2

SSL

Intrusion Lock

Multiple RADIUS servers

Multiple TACACS+ servers

802.1X VLAN and bandwidth assignment. IP source guard

Static IP/MAC binding

DHCP snooping

ARP Inspection

MAC authentication

Guest VLAN

The following list, which is not exhaustive, illustrates the standards supported in the Switch.

Table 150 Standards Supported

STANDARD

DESCRIPTION

RFC 826

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

 

 

RFC 867

Daytime Protocol

 

 

RFC 868

Time Protocol

 

 

RFC 894

Ethernet II Encapsulation

 

 

RFC 1112

IGMP v1

 

 

RFC 1155

SMI

 

 

RFC 1157

SNMPv1: Simple Network Management Protocol version 1

 

 

RFC 1213

SNMP MIB II

 

 

RFC 1305

Network Time Protocol (NTP version 3)

 

 

RFC 1441

SNMPv2 Simple Network Management Protocol version 2

 

 

RFC 1493

Bridge MIBs

 

 

RFC 1643

Ethernet MIBs

 

 

RFC 1757

RMON

 

 

RFC 1901

SNMPv2c Simple Network Management Protocol version 2c

 

 

RFC 1981

Path MTU Discovery for IPv6

 

 

RFC 2138

RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service)

 

 

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metrogigabit switch specifications

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