Security
VLAN-based, MAC-based, and IP-based access control lists (ACLs)
802.1x port-based authentication
Multiple user IDs and passwords
User access control
Radius, and LDAP authentication and authorization
Quality of Service (QoS)
Support for IEEE 802.1p, IP ToS/DSCP, and ACL-based (MAC/IP source and destination addresses,
VLANs) traffic classification and processing
Traffic shaping and re-marking based on defined policies
Eight priority queues per port for processing qualified traffic
IPv4 ACL metering
IP v4 Layer 3 functions
Host management
IP forwarding
IP filtering with ACLs, up to 512 IPv4 ACLs supported
VRRP for router redundancy
Support for up to 128 IPv4 static routes
Routing protocol support (RIP v1, RIP v2, OSPF v2, BGP)
Support for DHCP Relay
Support for IGMP snooping and IGMP relay
IP v6 Layer 3 functions
IPv6 host management
IPv6 forwarding
Support for OSPF v3 routing protocol
IPv6 filtering with ACLs, up to 128 IPv6 ACLs supported
Manageability
Industry-standard command line interface (isCLI)
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP V1, V2 and V3)
HTTP/HTTPS browser GUI
Telnet interface for CLI
Secure Shell (SSH) v1 and v2 for CLI
Secure Copy (SCP) for uploading and downloading the switch configuration via secure channels
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) for discovering network devices
Serial interface for CLI
Scriptable CLI
Dual software images
Firmware image update via TFTP and FTP
Network Time Protocol (NTP) for switch clock synchronization
Switch Center management application
Monitoring
Switch LEDs for port status and switch module status indication
Remote Monitoring (RMON) agent to collect statistics and proactively monitor switch performance
Port mirroring for analyzing network traffic passing through the switch
Change tracking and remote logging with the syslog feature
Support for sFLOW agent for monitoring traffic in data networks (separate sFLOW analyzer required
elsewhere)
The following features are not supported with IPv6:
Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) and DHCP
RADIUS, and LDAP
QoS metering and re-marking ACLs
Stacking
RackSwitch G8000
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