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
Spanning Tree Support
L3 Hosts
L3 LPM
L3 Multicast Groups
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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148,000,000 pps (100GbE)
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59,520,000 pps (40GbE)
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14,880,000 pps (10GbE)
Up to 264K entries
42MB buffer memory
10/100/1000Mbps, auto sensing, auto negotiation
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Support IEEE802.1d STP
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Support IEEE802.1s MSTP
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Support IEEE802.1w RSTP
IPv4 up to 128K; IPv6 up to 64K
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w/o uRPF: IPv4 up to 384K; IPv6/64 up to 254K; IPv6/128 up to
128K
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w/ uRFP: IPv4 up to 24K; IPv6/64 up to 20K; IPv6/128 up to 4K
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T-CAM-only: IPv4 up to 32K; IPv6/64 up to 16K; IPv6/128 up to 8K
8K
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Provide visual feedback of the boot process to the user
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Timeout after period of inactivity
IEEE802.3ad Link Aggregation (LAG) up to 2K
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40/100GbE (QSFP28 port)
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Support for 10G/25G/50G Breakout Cables
Support the IEEE 802.3x PAUSE frame
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Chapter 2
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Appearance and Mechanism