Data Center Features
• VSF (Virtual Switch Framework)
• Priority Flow Control (PFC), Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN), and Data Center TCP
• MLAG (Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation)
• Overlay technology NVGRE/VXLAN/GENEVE
• RPC-API for SDN (Software Defined Network
L3 Features
• Dynamic Routing (IPv4 Based) BGP4, RIPv1/v2, OSPFv2, IS-IS.
• Dynamic Routing (IPv6 Based) RIPng, OSPFv3, BGP4+
• OSPF multiple process
• Policy-based Routing (PBR) for IPv4 and IPv6
• VRRP
• URPF
• ECMP
• BFD
• IGMP v1/v2/v3, IGMP Proxy
• Static Multicast Route
• Multicast Receive Control
• Illegal Multicast Source Detect
• ARP Guard, Local ARP proxy, Proxy ARP, ARP Binding, Gratuitous ARP, ARP Limit
• Anti ARP/NDP Cheat, Anti ARP/NDP Scan. Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)
• DNS Client, DNS Relay
• GRE Tunnel
• Static Route
IPv6 Features
• 6to4 Tunnel, Configured Tunnel, ISATAP Tunnel, GRE Tunnel
• ICMPv6, ND, DNSv6
• IPv6 LPM Routing, IPv6 Policy-based Routing (PBR)
• IPv6 VRRPv3, IPv6 URPF, IPv6 RA
• RIPng, OSPFv3, BGP4+
• MLD Snooping, IPv6 Multicast VLAN
• MLDv1/v2, IPv6 ACL, IPv6 QoS
QoS
• 12 Queues
• SWRR, SP, WRR, DWRR, SDWRR
• Traffic Classification Based on 802.1p COS, ToS, DiffServ DSCP, ACL, port number
• Traffic Policing
• PRI Mark/Remark
ACL
• IP ACL, MAC ACL, IP-MAC ACL
• Standard and Expanded ACL Based on source/destination IP or MAC, IP Protocol
• TCP/UDP port, DSCP, ToS, IP Precedence), VLAN, Tag/Untag, CoS
• REDIRECT and Accounting based ACL
• Rules can be configured to port, VLAN, VLAN routing interfaces
• Time Ranged ACL
Security
• 802.1x AAA
• Port, MAC based authentication
• Accounting based on time length and traffic
• Guest VLAN and auto VLAN
• RADIUS for IPv4 and IPv6
• TACACS+ for IPv4 and IPv6
• MAB
DHCPv4/v6 Traffic Monitor
• DHCP Server/Client for IPv4/IPv6
• DHCP Relay/Option 82, 252
• DHCP Snooping/Option 82
Link Aggregation
• 802.3ad – Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
• Multi-chassis Link Aggregation (M-LAG)
MPLS
• LDP
• RSVP
• LDP tunneling (LDP over RSVP)
• Fast reroute (FRR)
• IPv6 tunneling (6PE)
• Ingress, transit, and egress label-switched paths (LSPs)
• IPv4 Layer 3 VPNs
• IPv6 Layer 3 VPNs (6VPE)
• Layer 2 circuits
Visibility
• Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN)
• RSPAN
• ERSPAN
• Port mirroring
• sFlow
Data Center Bridging
• Priority-based flow control (PFC)—IEEE 802.1Qbb
• Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol (DCBX), DCBx FCoE, and iSCSI type, length, and value (TLVs)
Troubleshooting
• Configuration via CLI/ WEB GUI with console, telnet, or SSH.
• Diagnostics with Show, debug, and familiar and well known commands
• Port mirroring
• IP tools like L2 ping and Extended ping and trace route.
• sFlow Traffic Analysis
L2 Features
• 802.1D – Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• 802.1w – Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
• 802.1s – Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
• VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP)
• 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
• VLAN Registration Protocol
• QinQ
• Root Guard
• BPDU Guard
• BPDU Tunnel
• IP Source Guard
• LLDP and LLDP-MED
• UDLD
• MAC VLAN, Voice VLAN, Protocol VLAN, Multicast VLAN
• QinQ, Selective QinQ, Flexible QinQ
L1 Features
• IEEE 802.1AB: Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
• IEEE 802.1ad: QinQ
• IEEE 802.1D-2004: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• IEEE 802.1p: Class-of-service (CoS) prioritization
• IEEE 802.1Q: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks
• IEEE 802.1s: Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
• IEEE 802.1w: Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
• IEEE 802.3: 10BASE-T
• IEEE 802.3u: 100BASE-T
• IEEE 802.3ab: 1000BASE-T
• IEEE 802.3z: 1000BASE-X
• IEEE802.3an, 10GBASE-T
• IEEE 802.3ae: 10-Gigabit Ethernet on fiber
• IEEE 802.3bm: 40-Gigabit/100-Gigabit Ethernet on fiber
• IEEE 802.3ad: Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
• IEEE 802.1Qbb: Priority-based Flow Control
• IEEE 802.1Qaz: Enhanced Transmission Selection
• IEEE802.3ak(10GBASE-CX4)
• Port loopback detection
• 802.3ad LACP, max 128 group trunks with max 8 ports for each trunk
• LACP load balance
• N:1 Port Mirroring
• RSPAN
• ERSPAN
• MRPP
• IEEE802.1Q, 4K VLAN
• GVRP
• N:1 VLAN Translation
• Broadcast / Multicast / Unicast Storm Control
• IGMP v1/v2/v3 Snooping and L2 Query
• ND Snooping
• MLDv1/v2 Snooping
• Port Security
• Flow Control: HOL, IEEE802.3x
• Bandwidth Control
Security Network Management
• CLI, WEB GUI, Telnet, SNMPv1/v2c/v3 through IPv4 and IPv6
• Syslog and external Syslog Server HTTP SSL
• SNMP MIB, SNMP TRAP
• FTP/TFTP/HTTP
• SNTP/NTP
• RMOM 1,2,3,9
• Authentication by Radius/TACACS
• SSH v1/v2
• Dual firmware images/ Configuration files
• 802.3ah OAM, 802.1ag OAM
GREEN Features
• IEEE 802.3az (Energy Efficient Ethernet)
• Auto FAN Speed Control, Temperature Alarm
• LED Shut-Off
