Chapter 5: Supported Standards And Request For Comments; Standards; Rfcs - Avaya 4550T-PWR+ Fundamentals

Chapter 5: Supported standards and
Use this chapter as a quick reference of standards and RFCs supported by the switch.

Standards

The standards in the following list are supported on the switch:
• IEEE 802.1X (EAPOL)
• IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet)
• IEEE 802.3u (Fast Ethernet)
• IEEE 802.3x (Flow Control)
• IEEE 802.3z (Gigabit Ethernet)
• IEEE 802.3ab (Gigabit Ethernet over Copper)
• IEEE 802.3ad (Link Aggregation)
• IEEE 802.1ab (Link Layer Discovery Protocol)
• IEEE 802.1p (Prioritizing)
• IEEE 802.1D (Spanning Tree Protocol)
• IEEE 802.1Q (VLAN Tagging)

RFCs

For more information about networking concepts, protocols, and topologies, consult the
following RFCs:
• RFC 826 (ARP)
• RFC 951 (BootP)
• RFC 2131 (BootP/DHCP Relay Agent)
• RFC 1493 (Bridge MIB)
• RFC 4541 (Considerations for Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Snooping Switches)
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