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3COM SWITCH 5500G GIGABIT FAMILY
hardware based routing
256 static routes, in addition to default address
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) entries: 8K dynamic, 1K static
128 IP interfaces
Routing Information Protocol (RIP), v1 and v2: 2K routes
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF):
• 8 areas with 8 virtual interfaces per area
• 40 neighbors per virtual interface
• Eight virtual links
Protocol Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
Protocol Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
IGMP v1 and v2
Border Gateway Protocol (BGPv4)
Equal Cost Multipath Protocol (ECMP); up to three ECMP instances
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)
Dynamic host Configuration Protocol Relay (DhCP Relay): 8 K max.
3Com XRN
®
Technology:
• high-bandwidth 96 Gbps resilient stacking links
• Distributed Link Aggregation, hot-swappable switch units;
high-speed fully resilient trunks up to 40 Gbps
• Distributed Resilient Routing: optimized Layer 3, one routing table
per switch
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
CONVERGENCE
8 hardware queues per port
IEEE 802.1p Class of Service/Quality of Service (CoS/QoS) on ingress
and egress
Remarking of packets based on priority:
• Type of Service (ToS)
• IEEE 802.1p CoS
• IP precedence
• Physical port
• Source/destination MAC address
• VLAN information
• Ethertype
• Source/destination IP address
• Source/destination TCP port
• Source/destination UDP port
Traffic redirection
Time-based Access Control Lists (ACLs)
Auto-prioritization of voice traffic determined by vendor OUI
Weighted Round Robin (WRR), including WRR+SP
Strict Priority Queuing (SP)
DiffServ Code Point Expedited Forwarding (DSCP EF) remarking for pri-
oritization of VoIP traffic
Application rate limiting and blocking on ingress
Port-based traffic shaping on egress
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standards-compliant (PWR models)
POE (PWR MODELS ONLY)
IEEE 802.3af PoE injection into Cat5 or 5e LAN wiring (300 W total max.)
Supports all standard and most common pre-standard phones, access
points and other PoE devices from selected vendors (Cisco, Nortel,
Philips, Siemens, Avaya, NEC, Polycom, Pingtel, Proxim, et. al.)
Available standards-based supplemental power system enables full
15.4 W to all PoE ports in a switch or stack
SECURITY
IEEE 802.1X Network login user authentication:
• Local, RADIUS, or server authentication
• PAP, ChAP, EAP over LAN (EAPoL), EAP-TLS/TTLS and PEAP
• Automatic port assignment of VLANs, ACLs and QoS profile based
on user
• Multiple users per port
• 1,024 users per fabric
• Guest VLAN option
• Multiple authentication server realm definitions
RADIUS/ session accounting
RADIUS Authenticated Device Access (RADA): authenticate devices
based on MAC address against RADIUS server or local database; assign
VLAN ID and ACL through RADIUS
Combined MAC and IEEE 802.1X authentication on same port
DhCP Tracker
DhCP snooping, including DhCP Trust
Wirespeed packet filtering in hardware
ACLs filter at Layers 2, 3 and 4:
• Source/destination MAC address
• Ethernet type
• Source/destination IP address
• Source/destination TCP port
• Source/destination UDP port
User-defined ACL filters
VLAN-based ACLs
Port-based MAC address Disconnect Unknown Device (DUD)
ARP inspection and IP source guard
IEEE 802.1X or user authentication of switch management
on Telnet and console sessions
MD5 cipher-text and clear-text authentication for OSPF v2 and
RIP v2 packets and SNMP v3 traffic
hierarchical management and password protection for management
interface and encrypted traffic, with SNMP v3 and SSh v2
4 local user access privilege levels
Trusted management station IP and/or MAC address
SNMPv3 encryption
SShv2 CLI encryption
SSL/hTTPS secure web access
STACKING
Up to 448 Gigabit ports, of which 384 are 10/100/1000
Single IP address and management interfaces for stack-wide control
hot-swappable, resilient stacking
high-bandwidth 96 Gbps resilient stacking links
Distributed Resilient Routing with router tables in all units; no
master/ slave arrangement
Combine any Switch 5500G-EI models into a single stack, up to
8-high, when using XRN technology
Clustered stacking technology: single IP management for up to 32
devices from different 3Com switch families, including Switch 5500G-
EI, 5500-EI, 4500G and 4200G
MANAGEMENT
CLI via console or Telnet
Embedded web management interface
System configuration with SNMP v1, 2c and 3
Comprehensive statistics, including ACL/QoS and IP interface
Syslog
IPv6 management including pingv6, tracertv6, Telnetv6, TFTPv6, DNSv6
and ARPv6
IPv6 management interface IP address configuration
Remote Monitoring (RMON) groups statistics, history, alarm and events
DhCP server including options 60, 82 and 184
Supports multiple software images and bank swap, stored in non-
volatile memory
1-to-1 port mirroring
Many-to-1 port mirroring
VLAN-to-1 port mirroring
Remote port mirroring
Ability to apply ACL to mirror port and forward only certain traffic types
Detailed alarm and debug information
SPECIFICATIONS
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