System; Ccess; Product Overview; Function Features - 3Com Switch 7700 Configuration Manual

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Product Overview

Function Features

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This chapter covers the following topics:
Product Overview
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Configuring the Switch 7700
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Setting Terminal Parameters
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Command Line Interface
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The 3Com Switch 7700 is a large capacity, modularized wire speed Layer 2/Layer 3
Switch 7700. It is designed for IP metropolitan area networks (MAN), large-sized
enterprise networks, and campus network users.
The Switch 7700 has an integrated chassis structure. The chassis contains a card
area, fan area, power supply area, and a power distribution area. In the card area,
there are seven slots. Slot 0 is prepared specially for the switch Fabric module, and
the other six slots are for interface modules. You can install different interface
modules for different networks; the slots support a mixed set of modules.
The Switch 7700 supports the following services:
MAN, enterprise/campus networking
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Multicast service and multicast routing functions and support audio and video
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multicast service.
Table 1 lists and describes the function features that the Switch 7700 supports.
Table 1 Function Features
Features
VLAN
STP protocol
Flow control
Broadcast suppression
Multicast

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Support
VLANs compliant with IEEE 802.1Q standard
Port-based VLAN
Protocol-based VLAN
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP), compliant with IEEE
802.1D/IEEE 802.1s Standard
IEEE 802.3x flow control (full-duplex)
Back-pressure based flow control (half-duplex)
Broadcast suppression
GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)
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)