Supported Media (Encapsulation Type); Supported Routing Protocols - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 8-slot User's Reference Manual

Chapter 1: SmartSwitch Router Product Overview

Supported Media (Encapsulation Type)

The SSR supports the following industry-standard networking media:
• IP: IEEE 802.3 SNAP and Ethernet Type II
• IPX: IEEE 802.3 SNAP, Ethernet Type II, IPX 802.3, 802.2
• 802.1Q VLAN Encapsulation

Supported Routing Protocols

The SSR supports many routing protocols based on open standards. The SSR can
receive and forward packets concurrently from any combination of the following:
• Interior Gateway Protocols
• Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Version 2
• Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 1, 2
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Feature
Quality of Service • Layer-2 prioritization (802.1p)
(QoS)
• Layer-3 source-destination flows
• Layer-4 source-destination flows
• Layer-4 application flows
RMON • RMONv1/v2 for each port
Management • SNMP
• CoreWatch Element Manager (GUI)
• Emacs-like Command Line Interface (CLI)
Port mirroring • Traffic to Control Module
• Traffic from specific ports
• Traffic to specific chassis slots (line cards)
Hot swapping • Power supply (when redundant supply is installed
Redundancy • Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies
Specification
and online)
SSR User Reference Manual