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RackSwitch G8264CS
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Software features and specifications
The software features, as of Version 6.8 plus Fibre Channel, are as follows:
Security
RADIUS
SCP
Wire Speed Filtering: Allow and Deny
SSH v1, v2
HTTPS Secure BBI
Secure interface login and password
MAC address move notification
Shift B Boot menu (Password Recovery/ Factory Default)
VLANs
Port-based VLANs
4096 VLAN ids supported
2048 Active VLANs (802.1Q)
802.1x with Guest VLAN
Private VLAN Edge
Lossless Ethernet
802.1 Data Center Bridging
Priority Based Flow Control (PFC)
Enhanced Transmission Selection (ETS)
Data Center Bridge Exchange protocol (DCBX)
FIP Snooping
Converged Enhanced Ethernet
Fibre Channel/FCoE
NPV Gateway
FC Port Speeds: 4/8 Gb.
Bridging to Fibre Channel SANs.
Login load distribution.
End-to-end FCoE (initiator to target). FCoE initiator /target can be attached to any port that is
configured as Ethernet.
Direct attachment of FCoE targets.
Manageable by using ISCLI or BBI .
Full Fabric FC/FCoE
FC Port Speeds: 4/8 Gb.
FC-BB-5 Compliant Full Fabric FC/FCoE.
Fabric Services: Name Server, Registered State Change Notification (RSCN), Login services,
Zoning
WWN, FCID, or Alias based Zoning
Login load distribution
FC classes of service: Class 2 and Class 3.
Manageable through ISCLI / BBI.