Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 8-slot, User'S Reference Manual

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Chapter 1
Chapter 1 SmartSwitch Router Product
Overview
The 8-slot SmartSwitch Router (SSR-8) provides non-blocking, wire-speed Layer-2
(switching), Layer-3 (routing) and Layer-4 (application) switching. The hardware
provides wire-speed performance regardless of the performance monitoring, filtering,
and Quality of Service (QoS) features enabled by the software. You do not need to
accept performance compromises to run QoS or access control lists (ACLs).
The following table lists the basic hardware and software specifications for the SSR-8.
Feature Specification
Throughput • 16-Gbps non-blocking switching fabric
• 15 million packets-per-second routing throughput
Capacity • Up to 250,000 routes
• Up to 2,000,000 Layer-4 application flows
• 400,000 Layer-2 MAC addresses
• 4,096 Virtual LANs (VLANs)
• 20,000 Layer-2 security and access-control filters
• 3MB input/output buffering per Gigabit port
• 1MB input/output buffering per 10/100 port
Routing protocols • IP: RIPv1/v2, OSPF
• IPX: RIP, SAP
• Multicast: IGMP, DVMRP
Bridging and
VLAN protocols
• 802.1d Spanning Tree
• 802.1Q (VLAN trunking)
Media Interface
protocols
• 802.3 (10Base-T)
• 802.3u (100Base-TX, 100BASE-FX)
• 802.3x (1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX)
• 802.3z (1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX)