| Technical Specification |
| Port types |
24x 10GBASE-T auto-sensing GbE switching ports; upgradable QSFP+/4x10GbE/stacking ports |
24x SFP+ 10Gb/1Gb ports; upgradable QSFP+/4x10GbE/stacking ports |
48x 10GBASE-T auto-sensing GbE switching ports; 2 fixed QSFP+ ports; upgradeable QSFP+/4x10GbE/stacking ports |
48x SFP+ 10Gb/1Gb ports; 2 fixed QSFP+/4x10GbE/stacking ports |
| Port configuration |
Resilient HA stacking with up to 6 switches Auto-negotiation for speed, duplex mode and flow control Auto MDI/MDIX Port mirroring Flow-based port mirroring Broadcast storm control Supports DCB requirements including PFC (802.1Qbb), ETS (802.1Qaz), DCBx, iSCSI TLV 2.2, iSCSI Optimization Up to 8,160 Routes Supported Ease-of-Use Compellent Macro for setting up storage connections Ports support 1Gb and 10Gb transceivers for SFP/SFP+ and 100Mb, 1Gb and 10GBASE-T for RJ-45 environments and 40Gb transceivers for QSFP environments sFlow UDLD |
| Management |
Web-based management interface; Industry-standard CLI accessible via Telnet, Out-of-Band Ethernet or Local Serial Port SNMPv1, SNMPv2c and SNMPv3 supported; LLDP-MED; SNTP; iSCSI Auto Configuration; Multiple configuration file upload/download supported; TFTP transfers of firmware and configuration files; Dual firmware images on-board; Four RMON groups supported (history, statistics, alarms and events); Statistics for error monitoring and performance optimization including port summary tables; BootP/DHCP IP address management supported; Syslog remote logging capabilities; Pre-defined roles for simplified administration of the switch |
| Quality of service |
Layer 2 Trusted Mode (IEEE 802.1p tagging); Layer 3 Trusted Mode (DSCP); Layer 4 Trusted Mode (TCP/UDP); Advanced Mode using Layer 2/3/4 flow-based Policies, including metering/rate limiting, marking and bandwidth guarantees; 8 Priority Queues per Port; Adjustable Weighted-Round-Robin (WRR) and Strict Queue Scheduling; Port-based QoS Services Mode; Flow-based QoS Services Mode;IPv4 and IPv6 support |
| Security |
Switch access password protection and strong password support; User-definable settings for enabling or disabling Web, SSH, Telnet, SSL management access; IP Address filtering for management access via Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS/SSL, SSH and SNMP; RADIUS and TACACS+ remote authentication for switch management access; SSLv3 and SSHv2 encryption for switch management traffic; Management access filtering via Management Access Profiles; IEEE 802.1x-based edge authentication; 802.1x monitor mode to aid in.1x troubleshooting; Up to 100 Access Control Lists (ACLs) supported with up to 1k rules per ACL; TACACS+ per-command authorization; TACACS+ accounting |
| VLAN |
IEEE 802.1Q tagging and port-based, up to 4,000 user-configurable VLANs (up to 1000 simultaneous); Private VLAN and edge extensions |
| Layer 2 multicast |
IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping; IGMP snooping for IP multicast support; IGMP Querier PIM-SM, PIM-DM |
| Other switching features |
Link Aggregation with support for up to 72 link aggregation groups (LAGs) per switch and up to 8 member ports per LAG (IEEE 802.3ad); LACP support (IEEE 802.3ad); Support for unicast NLB (multicast NLB not supported); Jumbo frame support up to 9K |
| Availability |
Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1D) and Rapid Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1w) with Fast Link Support; Multiple spanning trees (IEEE 802.1s); Spanning Tree optional features – STP root guard, BPDU guard, BPDU filtering; Dual firmware images; Supports Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP); Cable diagnostics; SFP/SFP+ transceiver diagnostics |
| Layer 3 routing protocols |
Static routes; Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v1/v2; Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) v1/v2/v3; Virtual Redundant Routing Protocol (VRRP); Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR); Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP); ICMP Router Discover Protocol (IRDP); Address Resolution Protocol (ARP); Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v1/v2/v3; Distance-Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP); DHCP – Helper/Relay Layer 3 routing performance Up to 512 RIP Routes Up to 8K IPv4/4K IPv6 OSPF Routes Up to 2,000 Multicast Forwarding Entries Up to 4,000 ARP entries |
