RSTP, IEEE 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
Quality of Service
o 4 priority queues on all switch ports
o Traffic classification:
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service
IP TOS / DSCP code priority
Port Base priority
o Strict priority and weighted round robin (WRR) CoS policies
o Ingress/Egress Bandwidth control on each port
Multicast
o IGMP Snooping v1 and v2
o IGMP Query mode for Multicast Media application
o 256 multicast groups
Security
o Layer 2 / 3 / 4 Access Control List (ACL)
o IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication
o MAC address Filtering and MAC address Binding
o IP address security management to prevent unauthorized intruder
o Port Mirroring to monitor incoming or outgoing traffic on a particular
port
Management
o Switch Management Interface
Web switch management
Telnet Command Line Interface
SNMP v1, v2c switch management
Console local management
o SNMP Trap for alarm notification of events
o Four RMON groups 1, 2, 3, 9 (history, statistics, alarms, and events)
o Built-in Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) client
o Firmware upload / download via TFTP or HTTP
o Configuration upload / download via TFTP or HTTP
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