Description of software features, Description of software features -2 – SMC Networks TIGERSWITCH SMC6752AL2 User Manual

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NTRODUCTION

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Description of Software Features

The switch provides a wide range of advanced performance enhancing
features. Flow control eliminates the loss of packets due to bottlenecks
caused by port saturation. Broadcast storm suppression prevents broadcast
traffic storms from engulfing the network. Port-based and private VLANs,
plus support for automatic GVRP VLAN registration provide traffic
security and efficient use of network bandwidth. CoS priority queueing
ensures the minimum delay for moving real-time multimedia data across
the network. While multicast filtering provides support for real-time
network applications. Some of the management features are briefly
described below.

Port Trunking

Supports up to 4 trunks using either static or dynamic

trunking (LACP)

Broadcast Storm

Control

Supported

Static Address

Up to 8K MAC addresses in the forwarding table

IEEE 802.1D

Bridge

Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning

Store-and-Forward

Switching

Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating

bad frames

Spanning Tree

Algorithm

Supports standard STP and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol

(RSTP)

Virtual LANs

Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, or private

VLANs

Traffic

Prioritization

Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, IP

Precedence or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP),

and TCP/UDP Port

Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query

Table 1-1 Key Features

Feature

Description

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