3Com 3800 User Manual page 20

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VERVIEW
Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Support for 64 VLANs on a single Switch 3800
Support for IEEE 802.1Q tagging
Controls traffic (including broadcasts)
Provides extra security
Protocol-sensitive filtering for VLANs
Recognition of the Priority Access Control Enabled (PACE) bit set by
3Com Etherlink
Responds to 802.3x flow-control messages
Autonegotiation to IEEE 802.3z for Gigabit Ethernet
Load sharing
Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1d)
Multiple spanning trees (64)
Wire speed Internet Protocol (IP) via Routing Information Protocol
(RIP) version 1 and RIP version 2
Wire speed Internet Protocol (IP) unicast routing
3Com's SuperStack
Integrated network management
19-inch rack or free-standing mounting
Agent support
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Remote Monitoring (RMON) groups 1 to 4 — statistics, history,
alarms, and events
Repeater and Bridge Management Information Base (MIB)
Easy software upgrades
BOOTP for automatic Internet Protocol (IP) address configuration
Local management
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adapters and the other devices that support PACE
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II architecture