Switch features – Foundry Networks OSI User Manual

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February 2003

© 2003 Foundry Networks, Inc.

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Switch Features

Spanning Tree Protocol

Forwarding Mode
Store-and-forward

Flow Control
Full Duplex: IEEE 802.3x
Half Duplex: Back pressure

Broadcast Storm Suppression
Traffic throttled above a critical threshold

VLAN Support
Up to 255 groups; port-based or with 802.1Q VLAN tagging,
GVRP for automatic VLAN learning

Multicast Switching
IGMP Snooping

Quality of Service
Supports four levels of priority and Weighted Round Robin queueing

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