GES – Quick Start Guide
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4.2. In-Band Interface
The GES In-Band Interface is used for control of the GES via an attached Ethernet
device. It provides the ability to execute and retrieve BIT data, retrieve GES status, and
processor reprogramming.
The GES management processor supports ARP, ICMP (ping), and UDP
communications. UDP traffic is supported on port 3500.
5. Switch Management Capability
The following list is a sub-set of the capabilities of the Switch IC:
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Egress tagging/untagging - selectable per port or by 802.1Q VLAN ID
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Port Based VLANs - supported in any combination or 802.1 VLAN support for
4096 VIDs
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Port States and BPDU handling for spanning tree
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802.1X Source MAC address authentication
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Quality of Service - switch architecture provides non-blocking switching in all
traffic environments
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Link Aggregation (802.3ad) - allows two or more links to be trunked to increase
the total bandwidth and provide a failsafe if one of the links fails
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A high speed, non-blocking, QoS switch fabric with support for four traffic classes
based on:
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Port
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IEEE 802.1p
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IPv4’s TOS or Diff-Serv
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IPv6’s Traffic Class
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802.1Q VID
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DA MAC address
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SA MAC Address
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Back-pressure flow control on half-duplex ports
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Pause-frame flow control on full-duplex ports
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Lookup engine supports 16384 MAC address entries with learning and aging
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Auto-MDI/MDIX and polarity correction
Aeronix can create custom loads for the Management Processor that will allow increased
GES management functionality and/or customer defined custom applications that would
be hosted on this processor.
