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Software features
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ARP
Virtualization
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Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP)
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Support for VLAN, QoS, security, and FCoE port profiles
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Virtual Machine-aware network automation
Convergence/FCoE
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Pause Frames (Tx and Rx)
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DCB features such as Priority Flow Control (PFC) and Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
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End-to-end, multi-hop FCoE (with proper licensing)
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FCoE and FC zoning and RSCN suppression (name server-based zoning)
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FIP version 1
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FC Fabric Services for FCoE VN-port devices
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ISL port service (to form VCS cluster)
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Multipath support for FCoE traffic
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FCoE over standard LAGs
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Cloud Model (multiple Enodes behind same physical or logical port (LAG)
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Support soft zoning
Link aggregration
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802.3ad LACP support
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Virtual Link Aggregation Group (vLAG) (a LAG that spans multiple physical switches)
QoS
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802.1p marking
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Scheduling: Strict priority (SP), Shaped Deficit Weighted Round-Robin (SDWRR)
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CEE provisioning/classification
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Rewrite/marking, queuing
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Congestion control
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Multicast rate limit scheduling
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SPAN – port based
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ACLs – L2 and L3 (ingress and egress)
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sFLOW – port based
Management
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IPv4 or IPv6 management
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CLI management utilities on Network OS v3.0.0