Features - Nortel 2000 Using Manual

Features

The Business Policy Switch 2000 provides wire-speed switching that allows
high-performance, low-cost connections to full-duplex and half-duplex
10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet local area networks (LANs). The Business Policy
Switch provides the features detailed in the following sections:
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Introduced with software version 1.2
- "CLI management system" on page 48
- "Increased VLANs" on page 48
- "Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol groups" on page 49
- "ASCII configuration file" on page 53
- "IP manager list" on page 56
Introduced with software version 1.1
- "Policy-enabled networks with QoS metering" on page 57
- "Support for the GBIC MDA" on page 57
- "EAPOL-based security" on page 58
- "Automatic PVID" on page 59
- "Tabular port statistics" on page 61
- "Ability to ping" on page 61
- "Improved STP Fast Learning Mode" on page 61
- "BootP menu item for a stack of only BPS 2000 switches" on page 62
Introduced with software version 1.0
- "Policy-enabled networking" on page 62
- "Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)" on page 63
- "Security" on page 66
- "Flash memory storage" on page 76
- "MultiLink Trunking" on page 77
- "Port mirroring (conversation steering)" on page 78
- "Autosensing and autonegotiation" on page 78
- "BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address" on page 79
Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 Version 1.2
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