Popular Configurations - IBM G8264T Product Manual

Trunking
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LACP
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Static Trunks (EtherChannel)
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Configurable Trunk Hash algorithm
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Spanning Tree
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Multiple Spanning Tree (802.1 s)
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Rapid Spanning Tree (802.1 w)
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PVRST+
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Fast Uplink Convergence
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BPDU guard
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Quality of Service
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QoS 802.1p (priority queues)
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DSCP remarking
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Metering
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Routing protocols
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RIP v1/v2
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OSPF
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BGP
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High availability
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Layer 2 failover
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HotLinks™
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Virtual Router Redundancy support (VRRP)
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Multicast
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IGMP Snooping v1, v2, and v3 with 2 K IGMP groups
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Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM Sparse Mode/Dense Mode)
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Monitoring
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Port mirroring
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ACL-based mirroring
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sFlow Version 5
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Virtualization
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VMready with VI API support
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vNIC MIB support for SNMP (G8264 only)
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Clients
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IBM System Networking Element Manager
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isCLI (Cisco-like)
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Scriptable CLI
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Browser-based client or Telnet
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Standard protocols
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IPv6
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SNMP v1, v2c, and v3
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RMON
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Secondary NTP Support
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DHCP Client
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DHCP Relay
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LLDP
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128 K MAC Table
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9 K Jumbo Frames
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802.3X Flow Control
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Upgrades
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Upgrade firmware via serial or TFTP
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Dual software images
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Popular configurations

This section describes common configurations for the G8264.
Rack-optimized server aggregation 10-GbE attached rack servers
The RackSwitch G8264 is an ideal networking device for port aggregation, allowing the consolidation
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