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Introduction
Switching capacity
The WaveSwitch 100 conforms to the transparent bridging standard,
IEEE 802.1d, providing:
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filtering or redirection of specific addresses
•
protection against bad frames and fragments
•
spanning tree selection
The following table shows the filtering capacity of a WaveSwitch 100 base
unit with sixteen fixed Ethernet ports and two FDDI feature modules.
Type of port
Ethernet (x 16)
FDDI (x 2)
Total for the WaveSwitch 100
The forwarding rate of a WaveSwitch 100 is 150,000 packets per second for
short packets, and 100 Mbps for long packets.
WaveSwitch 100 management
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is used to manage a
WaveSwitch 100. Management conforms to the Internet Engineering Task
Force (IETF) bridge management standard, RFC 1493.
Any configuration that is valid for a standard multiport transparent bridge is
valid for a WaveSwitch 100. Network administrators can apply knowledge
gained managing standard bridges to a WaveSwitch 100. Third-party
management applications that have embedded knowledge of the standard
bridge management information base (MIB), RFC 1493, can be used with a
WaveSwitch 100.
The standard MIB reads port and switch statistics and specifies special
filtering or routing for individual destination addresses. Additional
management capability is possible by incorporating the WaveSwitch 100
Private MIB into the management station.
For information about using SNMP with the WaveSwitch 100, see
"Managing a WaveSwitch 100 Ethernet Switch" on page 47.
2 WaveSwitch 100 Ethernet Switch User Manual
Filtering capacity in packets per second
Per port
14,880
150,000
All ports
238,000
300,000
538,000
12195
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