Brocade Communications Systems PowerConnect B-RX Release Note page 8

Category
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802.1q
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802.1s
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802.1w
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802.1x
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802.3ad
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Jumbo packets
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Layer 2 Hitless failover
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Layer 2 IGMP Snooping
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MAC Filtering
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Foundry MRP
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PVST / PVST+
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Rate Limiting
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SuperSpan
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Topology Groups
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Trunk Groups and LAG
IronWare Software Release 02.7.03a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
Feature description
see VLANs, below
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
Port Security
Dynamic Link Aggregation on tagged and untagged trunks
Layer 2 jumbo packet support
MAC filtering and address-lock filters to enhance network security
Metro Ring Protocol (MRP) Phase 1 and Phase 2
Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)
Port-based, port-and priority-based, port-and vlan-based, and port-and-ACL-
based rate limiting on inbound ports are supported.
A Brocade STP enhancement that allows Service Providers (SPs) to use STP
in both SP networks and customer networks.
A named set of VLANs that share a Layer 2 topology. You can use topology
groups with the following Layer 2 protocols:
STP
Foundry MRP
VSRP
802.1w
Allows you to manually configure multiple high-speed load-sharing links
between two devices or between a device and a server.
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