2.3
System Requirements
Component
System requirements
Switch fabric capacity
Forwarding architecture
Port packet forwarding rate
(at 64 Bytes)
MAC address entries
supported
Memory type
OOB port
Priority Queues
MAC Address Aging
Support
Spanning Tree Support
Host Support
LPM Routes Support
Serial Console
Port Trunking
Port requirements
Speed Capability per Port
Full-Duplex Flow Control
Requirement
Non-blocking full wire speed on all packet sizes
Store and forward or cut-through
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14800000 pps (100Gb)
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595,200,000 pps (40GbE)
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14880000 pps (10Gb)
Up to 136K entries
16MB buffer memory
10/100/1000Mbps, auto sensing, auto negotiation
20 priority queues per port
1,000,000 seconds programable (Default 300 seconds)
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Support IEEE802.1d STP
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Support IEEE802.1s MSTP
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Support IEEE802.1w RSTP
136K shared entries with MAC Table
128K shared entries with MAC Table
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Provide visual feedback of the boot process to the user
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Timeout after period of inactivity
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IEEE802.3ad Link Aggregation Protocol (LACP)
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Up to 1024 groups with 256 member per group
100Gbps
Support the IEEE 802.3x PAUSE frame
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Appearance and Mechanism