| Features and Benefits |
| Performance |
| Up to 345 million pps performance |
provides the high performance required by large networks |
| Jumbo frames |
on Gigabit/Enhanced Performance modules and 10-Gigabit/non-Enhanced Performance modules allow high-performance remote backup and disaster-recovery services |
| Hardware-based wire-speed access control lists |
feature-rich ACL implementation (selective ACL logging, scalability, and syntax compatibility) with enhanced editing capabilities helps ensure high levels of security and ease of administration without impacting network performance |
| Increased on-board memory and flash capacity (Enhanced Performance modules only) |
enables more robust management scalability and capability |
| Connectivity |
| Superior port density (Enhanced Performance modules only) |
provides enhanced system capabilities and overall investment protection |
| 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) |
simplify data-center configurations and increase backbone throughput |
| Resiliency and high availability |
| Port trunking |
for higher switch-to-switch and switch-to-server throughput and link-level redundancy, with support for standards-based link aggregation (IEEE 802.3ad) |
| Next-generation Spanning Tree functionality |
single-instance STP, Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST), Per VLAN Group STP (PVGST), Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1w), and Multi-Instance Spanning Tree (IEEE 802.1s) all provide improved availability and scalability for Spanning Tree-based networks |
| Hot-swappable chassis modules |
allow swapping of modules without interrupting the network |
| Automatic routing switch failover |
provides hot-standby redundancy using standards-based VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) or SRP (Standby Routing Protocol) |
| Optional redundant management |
provides automatic failover from the active management module to the standby management module for high availability |
| Security |
| Advanced access security |
protection against denial-of-service attacks; unauthorized network access and associated downtime are avoided using Secure Shell v2, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Secure Copy, wire-speed rate limiting, and user authentication (with AAA, RADIUS, and TACACS+) |
| Dynamic IP ACLs and MAC filters |
provide an additional level of security via dynamic port configuration to IEEE 802.1X ports, based on user profile information sent by the authentication server |
| Layer 2 switching |
| IP multicast snooping and data-driven IGMP |
provides IGMP to control multicast traffic in non-routed environments |
| Policy-based VLANs |
allow assigning of VLANs on a port, protocol, subnet, or IEEE 802.1Q tagged basis |
| Layer 3 routing |
| IP multicast routing |
provides DVMRP, PIM Dense, PIM sparse, and PIM snooping mode support in routed environments to control multicast traffic |
| IP/IPX/AppleTalk routing |
provides routing of IP and IPX at media speed |
| Quality of service (QoS) |
| Layer 4 prioritization |
delivers QoS for delay-sensitive applications |
| Manageability |
| Full-featured console |
provides complete control of the switch with a familiar command-line interface (CLI) |
| Web interface |
allows configuration of the switch from any Web browser on the network |
| Monitoring and diagnostics |
| sFlow (RFC 3176) (Enhanced Performance modules only) |
wire-speed traffic accounting and monitoring |
| Software updates |
free downloads from the Web |
| Industry-leading warranty |
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One-year next-business-day advance replacement (available in most countries), with extensions available |
