4
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Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) with path vector protocol uses TCP
for enhanced reliability for the route discovery process, reduces
bandwidth consumption by advertising only incremental updates,
and supports extensive policies for increased flexibility, as well as
scales to very large networks
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Intermediate system to intermediate system (IS-IS)
Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) uses path vector protocol, which is
defined by the ISO organization for IS-IS routing and extended by
IETF RFC 1195 to operate in both TCP/IP and the OSI reference
model (Integrated IS-IS)
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Static IPv6 routing
provides simple, manually configured IPv6 routing
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Dual IP stack
maintains separate stacks for IPv4 and IPv6 to ease the transition
from an IPv4-only network to an IPv6-only network design
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Routing Information Protocol next generation (RIPng)
extends RIPv2 to support IPv6 addressing
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OSPFv3
provides OSPF support for IPv6
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BGP+
extends BGP-4 to support Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP), including
support for IPv6 addressing
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IS-IS for IPv6
extends IS-IS to support IPv6 addressing
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IPv6 tunneling
is an important element for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6; allows
IPv6 packets to traverse IPv4-only networks by encapsulating the
IPv6 packet into a standard IPv4 packet; supports manually
configured, 6to4, and Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing
Protocol (ISATAP) tunnels
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Policy routing
allows custom filters for increased performance and security;
supports ACLs, IP prefix, AS paths, community lists, and aggregate
policies
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Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD)
enables link connectivity monitoring and reduces network
convergence time for RIP, OSPF, BGP, IS-IS, VRRP, MPLS, and IRF
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Multicast Routing PIM Dense and Sparse modes
provides robust support of multicast protocols
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Layer 3 IPv6 routing
provides routing of IPv6 at media speed; supports static routing,
RIPng, OSPFv3, BGP4+ for IPv6, and IS-ISv6
Additional information
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Green IT and power
use the latest advances in silicon development, shut off unused
ports, and use variable-speed fans to improve energy efficiency
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Low power consumption
is rated to have one of the lowest power usages in the industry by
Miercom independent tests
Management
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USB support
– File copy
allows users to copy switch files to and from a USB flash drive
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Multiple configuration files
can be stored to the flash image
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SNMPv1, v2c, and v3
facilitate centralized discovery, monitoring, and secure
management of networking devices
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Network Time Protocol (NTP)
synchronizes timekeeping among distributed time servers and
clients; keeps timekeeping consistent among all clock-dependent
devices within the network so that the devices can provide diverse
applications based on the consistent time
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Out-of-band interface
isolates management traffic from user data plane traffic for
complete isolation and total reachability, no matter what happens
in the data plane
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Port mirroring
enables traffic on a port to be simultaneously sent to a network
analyzer for monitoring
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Remote configuration and management
is available through a command-line interface (CLI)
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IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
advertises and receives management information from adjacent
devices on a network, facilitating easy mapping by network
management applications
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sFlow (RFC 3176)
provides scalable ASIC-based wire-speed network monitoring and
accounting with no impact on network performance; this allows
network operators to gather a variety of sophisticated network
statistics and information for capacity planning and real-time
network monitoring purposes
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Command authorization
leverages RADIUS to link a custom list of CLI commands to an
individual network administrator's login; an audit trail documents
activity
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Dual flash images
provide independent primary and secondary operating system files
for backup while upgrading
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Command-line interface (CLI)
provides a secure, easy-to-use CLI for configuring the module via
SSH or a switch console; provides direct real-time session visibility
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