Planet GS-4210 SERIES User Manual page 13

User's Manual of GS-4210 Series
Robust Layer 2 Features
The GS-4210 series can be programmed for advanced switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation,
802.1Q VLAN and Q-in-Q VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree protocol (MSTP), Loop and BPDU Guard, IGMP Snooping, and
MLD Snooping. Via the link aggregation, the GS-4210 series allows the operation of a high-speed trunk to combine with
multiple ports such as a 16Gbps fat pipe, and supports fail-over as well. Also, the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is the
Layer 2 protocol included to help discover basic information about neighboring devices on the local broadcast domain.
Efficient Traffic Control
The GS-4210 series is loaded with robust QoS features and powerful traffic management to enhance services to business-class
data, voice, and video solutions. The functionality includes broadcast / multicast storm control, per port bandwidth control, IP
DSCP QoS priority and remarking. It guarantees the best performance for VoIP and video stream transmission, and empowers
the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources.
Powerful Security
PLANET GS-4210 series offers comprehensive IPv4 / IPv6 Layer 2 to Layer 4 Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing
security to the edge. It can be used to restrict network access by denying packets based on source and destination IP address,
TCP/UDP ports or defined typical network applications. Its protection mechanism also comprises 802.1X port-based user and
device authentication, which can be deployed with RADIUS to ensure the port level security and block illegal users. With the
Protected Port function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to guarantee user privacy. Furthermore, Port
Security function allows to limit the number of network devices on a given port.
Advanced Network Security
The GS-4210 series also provides DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection functions to prevent IP
snooping from attack and discard ARP packets with invalid MAC address. The network administrators can now construct highly
secured corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.
Friendly and Secure Management
For efficient management, the GS-4210 series is equipped with console, Web, Telnet and SNMP management interfaces. With
the built-in Web-based management interface, the GS-4210 series offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent management
and configuration facility. By supporting the standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the switch can be
managed via any standard management software. For text-based management, the switch can be accessed via Telnet and the
console port. Moreover, the GS-4210 series offers secure remote management by supporting SSH, SSL and SNMPv3
connections which encrypt the packet content at each session.
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