BNT Layer 2/3 Copper and Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for IBM BladeCenter
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Interchassis redundancy (Layer 2 and Layer 3)
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VLAN support
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Up to 1024 VLANs supported per switch; VLAN numbers ranging from 1 to 4095 (4095 is used for
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the management module’s connection only)
802.1Q VLAN tagging support on all ports
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Private VLANs
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Security
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VLAN-based, MAC-based, and IP-based access control lists (ACLs)
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802.1X port-based authentication
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Multiple user IDs and passwords
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User access control
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Radius/
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Quality of Service (QoS)
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Up to eight queues per port
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Support for IEEE 802.1p, IP ToS/DSCP, and ACL-based (MAC/IP source and destination
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addresses, VLANs) traffic classification and processing
Traffic shaping and re-marking based on defined policies
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Eight Weighted Round Robin (WRR) priority queues per port for processing qualified traffic
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Layer 3 functions
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IP forwarding
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IP filtering with ACLs (up to 4096 ACLs supported)
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VRRP for router redundancy
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Support for up to 128 static routes
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Routing protocol support (Router Information Protocol (RIP) v1, RIP v2, OSPF v1, v2, and v3,
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BGP-4), up to 1024 entries in routing table
Support for DHCP Relay
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Manageability
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Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP; V1, V2, and V3)
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HTTP/HTTPS browser GUI
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Industry standard CLI and BLADEOS/AlteonOS CLI
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Telnet interface for CLI
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SSH
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Serial interface for CLI
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Scriptable CLI
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Firmware image update (TFTP and FTP)
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Network Time Protocol (NTP) for switch clock synchronization
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BNT BLADEHarmony Manager support
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Monitoring
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Switch LEDs for external port status and switch module status indication
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Port mirroring for analyzing network traffic passing through switch
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Change tracking and remote logging with syslog feature
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POST diagnostics
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Serial over LAN (SOL)
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