Product Features - 3Com SuperStack 4 Configuration Manual

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Product Features

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Figure 1 Networking Topology with XRN
Core
switches
Workgroup
switches
Desktop
PCs
Table 4 lists the function features:
Table 4 Function Features
Features
VLAN
STP protocol
Flow control
Broadcast Suppression
Multicast
IP routing
DHCP
Link aggregation
Mirror
Server
Unit 1
Fabric
Unit 4
Unit 2
Description
VLAN compliant with IEEE 802.1Q Standard
Port-based VLAN
Voice VLAN
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) / Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol
(RSTP), compliant with IEEE 802.1D/IEEE802.1w Standard
IEEE 802.3 flow control (full-duplex)
Back-pressure based flow control (half-duplex)
Broadcast Suppression
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
Protocol-Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
Static route
RIP V1/v2
OSPF
IP routing policy
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay
DHCP Client
Link aggregation
Mirror based on the traffic classification
Port-based mirror
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