| Layer 2 Switching |
Spanning Tree
Protocol (STP) |
- Standard Spanning Tree 802.1d
- Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) 802.1w
- Multiple Spanning Tree (MSTP) 802.1s
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| Trunking |
Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) IEEE 802.3ad |
| VLAN |
Supports up to 4K VLANs simultaneously (out of 4096 VLAN IDs)
- Port-based VLAN
- 802.1Q tag-based VLAN
- MAC-based VLAN
- Management VLAN
- Private VLAN Edge (PVE)
- Q-in-Q (double tag) VLAN
- Voice VLAN
- GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
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| DHCP Relay |
- Relay of DHCP traffic to DHCP server in different VLAN.
- Works with DHCP Option 82
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IGMP v1/v2/v3
Snooping |
IGMP limits bandwidth-intensive multicast traffic to only the requesters. Supports 1024 multicast groups |
| IGMP Querier |
IGMP querier is used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a multicast router |
| IGMP Proxy |
IGMP snooping with proxy reporting or report suppression actively filters IGMP packets in order to reduce load on the multicast router |
MLD v1/v2
Snooping |
Delivers IPv6 multicast packets only to the required receivers |
| Layer 3 Switching |
| IPv4 Static Routing |
IPv4 Unicast: Static routing |
| IPv6 Static Routing |
IPv6 Unicast: Static routing |
| RIP v1/v2 |
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) protocol are the intra-domain (interior) routing protocol which is based on distance vector routing and it is used inside an autonomous system. |
| OSPF v2/v3 |
OSPF is a link-state routing protocol. It is designed to be run internal to a single Autonomous System. Each OSPF router maintains an identical database describing the Autonomous System’s topology. From this database, a routing table is calculated by constructing a shortest-path tree. |
| Security |
| Secure Shell (SSH) |
SSH secures Telnet traffic in or out of the switch, SSH v1 and v2 are supported |
Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) |
SSL encrypts the http traffic, allowing advanced secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch |
| IEEE 802.1X |
- IEEE802.1X: RADIUS authentication, authorization and accounting, MD5 hash, guest VLAN, single/multiple host mode and single/multiple sessions
- Supports IGMP-RADIUS based 802.1X
- Dynamic VLAN assignment
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Layer 2 Isolation
Private VLAN Edge |
PVE (also known as protected ports) provides L2 isolation between clients in the same VLAN. Supports multiple uplinks |
| Port Security |
Locks MAC addresses to ports, and limits the number of learned MAC address |
| IP Source Guard |
Prevents illegal IP address from accessing to specific port in the switch |
| RADIUS/ TACACS+ |
Supports RADIUS and TACACS+ authentication. Switch as a client |
| Storm Control |
Prevents traffic on a LAN from being disrupted by a broadcast, multicast, or unicast storm on a port |
| DHCP Snooping |
A feature acts as a firewall between untrusted hosts and trusted DHCP servers |
| ACLs |
Supports up to 256 entries. Drop or rate limitation based on:
- Source and destination MAC, VLAN ID or IP address, protocol, port,
- Differentiated services code point (DSCP) / IP precedence
- TCP/ UDP source and destination ports
- 802.1p priority
- Ethernet type
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets
- TCP flag
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| Quality of Service |
| Hardware Queue |
Supports 8 hardware queues |
| Scheduling |
- Strict priority and weighted round-robin (WRR)
- Queue assignment based on DSCP and class of service
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| Classification |
- Port based
- 802.1p VLAN priority based
- IPv4/IPv6 precedence / DSCP based
- Differentiated Services (DiffServ)
- Classification and re-marking ACLs
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| Rate Limitinge |
- Ingress policer
- Egress shaping and rate control
- Per port
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| Management |
| DHCP Server |
Support DHCP server to assign IP to DHCP clients |
Remote Monitoring
(RMON) |
Embedded RMON agent supports RMON groups 1,2,3,9 (history, statistics, alarms, and events) for enhanced traffic management, monitoring and analysis |
| Port Mirroring |
Traffic on a port can be mirrored to another port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to N-1 (N is Switch’s Ports) ports can be mirrored to single destination port. A single session is supported |
| UPnP |
The Universal Plug and Play Forum, an industry group of companies working to enable device-to-device interoperability by promoting Universal Plug and Play |
| s-Flow |
The industry standard for monitoring high speed switched networks. It gives complete visibility into the use of networks enabling performance optimization, accounting/billing for usage, and defense against security threats |
| IEEE 802.1ab (LLDP) |
- Used by network devices for advertising their identities, capabilities, and neighbors on an IEEE 802ab local area network
- Support LLDP-MED extensions
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| Web GUI Interface |
Built-in switch configuration utility for browser-based device configuration |
| CLI |
For users to configure/manage switches in command line modes |
| Dual Image |
Independent primary and secondary images for backup while upgrading |
| SNMP |
SNMP version1, 2c and 3 with support for traps, and SNMP version 3 user-based security model (USM) |
| Firmware Upgrade |
- Web browser upgrade (HTTP/ HTTPs) and TFTP
- Upgrade through console port as well
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| Other Management |
- HTTP/HTTPs; SSH
- DHCP Client/ DHCPv6 Client
- Cable Diagnostics
- Ping
- Syslog
- Telnet Client
- IPv6 Management
|
| NTP |
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a networking protocol for clock synchronization between computer systems over packet-switched |
| HW Monitoring |
Temperature Detection and Alarm |
| HW Watchdog |
Supported to resume operation from CPU hang up |
| Loop Protection |
| ITU-T G.8031 |
Supports ITU-T G.8031 Ethernet Linear Protection Switching |
| ITU-T G.8032 |
Supports ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching |
| Loop Detection |
Supports Loop Detection and Protection |
| Power over Ethernet (PoE) |
| Port Configuration |
Supports per port PoE configuration function |
| PoE Scheduling |
Supports per port PoE scheduling to turn on/off the PoE devices (PDs). |
| Auto-checking |
Check the link status of PDs. Reboot PDs if there is no responses |
| Power Delay |
The switch provides power to the PDs based on delay time when PoE switch boots up, in order to protect switch from misuse of the PDs |
Soft-Reboot PoE
Non-stop |
The switch will keep providing power to the PDs while during soft-reboot. |