Performance
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Switching capacity
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128.0 Gbps
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Forwarding rate
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95.23 Mbps
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Power over Ethernet (PoE)
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Power dedicated to PoE
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385W
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Number of ports that support PoE
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24
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Layer 2 switching
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Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
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Standard 802.1d spanning tree support
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Fast convergence using 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol [RSTP]), enabled by default Multiple spanning tree instances using 802.1s (MSTP); 8 instances are supported
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Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+); 126 instances are supported
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Rapid PVST+ (RPVST+); 126 instances are supported
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Port grouping/link aggregation
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Support for IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
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Up to 4 groups
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Up to 8 ports per group with 16 candidate ports for each (dynamic) 802.3ad Link Aggregation Group (LAG)
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VLAN
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Support for up to 255 active VLANs simultaneously Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs Management VLAN
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Guest VLAN
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Auto Surveillance VLAN (ASV)
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Voice VLAN
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Voice traffic is automatically assigned to a voice-specific VLAN and treated with appropriate levels of QoS. Voice Services Discovery Protocol (VSDP) delivers networkwide zero-touch deployment of voice endpoints and call control devices
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Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) and Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
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Enable automatically propagation and configuration of VLANs in a bridged domain
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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) versions 1, 2, and 3 snooping
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Limits bandwidth-intensive multicast traffic to only the requesters; supports 255 multicast groups (source-specific multicasting is also supported)
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IGMP querier
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Used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a multicast router
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Head-of-Line (HOL) blocking
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HOL blocking prevention
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Loopback detection
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Provides protection against loops by transmitting loop protocol packets out of ports on which loop protection has been enabled. It operates independently of STP
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Layer 3 routing
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IPv4 routing
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Wire-speed routing of IPv4 packets
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Up to 32 static routes and up to 16 IP interfaces
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IPv6 routing
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Wire-speed routing of IPv6 packets
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Layer 3 interface
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Configuration of Layer 3 interface on physical port, LAG, VLAN interface, or loopback interface
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Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)
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Support for CIDR
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay at Layer 3
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Relay of DHCP traffic across IP domains
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User Datagram Protocol (UDP) relay
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Relay of broadcast information across Layer 3 domains for application discovery or relaying of Bootstrap Protocol (BootP)/DHCP packets
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Security
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Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
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Encrypts all HTTPS traffic, allowing secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch
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SSH Protocol
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SSH is a secure replacement for Telnet traffic. Secure Copy (SCP) also uses SSH. SSH v1 and v2 are supported.
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IEEE 802.1X (authenticator role)
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RADIUS authentication, guest VLAN, single/multiple host mode, and single/multiple sessions
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STP loopback guard
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Provides additional protection against Layer 2 forwarding loops (STP loops)
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Secure Core Technology (SCT)
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Ensures that the switch will receive and process management and protocol traffic no matter how much traffic is received
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Secure Sensitive Data (SSD)
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A mechanism to manage sensitive data (such as passwords, keys, and so on) securely on the switch, populating this data to other devices and a secure auto-configuration. Access to view the sensitive data as plain text or encrypted is provided according to the user- configured access level and the access method of the user
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Trustworthy systems
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Trustworthy systems provide a highly secure foundation for Cisco products
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Run-time defenses (Executable Space Protection [X-Space], Address Space Layout Randomization [ASLR], Built-In Object Size Checking [BOSC])
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Port security
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Ability to lock source MAC addresses to ports and limit the number of learned MAC addresses
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RADIUS
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Supports RADIUS authentication for management access. Switch functions as a client
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Storm control
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Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast
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DoS prevention
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DoS attack prevention
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Multiple user privilege levels in CLI
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Level 1, 7, and 15 privilege levels
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ACLs
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Support for up to 512 rules
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Drop or rate limit based on source and destination MAC, VLAN ID, IPv4 or IPv6 address, IPv6 flow label, protocol, port, Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)/IP precedence, TCP/UDP source and destination ports, 802.1p priority, Ethernet type, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets, IGMP packets, TCP flag; ACL can be applied on both ingress and egress sides
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Time-based ACLs supported
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Quality of service
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Priority levels
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8 hardware queues
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Scheduling
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Strict priority and Weighted Round-Robin (WRR) queue assignment based on DSCP and Class of Service (802.1p/CoS)
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Class of service
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Port based, 802.1p VLAN priority based, IPv4/v6 IP precedence/Type of Service (ToS)/DSCP based, Differentiated Services (DiffServ), classification and re-marking ACLs, trusted QoS
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Rate limiting
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Ingress policer, egress shaping and rate control per VLAN, per port, and flow based
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Congestion avoidance
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A TCP congestion avoidance algorithm is required to reduce and prevent global TCP loss synchronization
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IPv6
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IPv6
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IPv6 host mode IPv6 over Ethernet Dual IPv6/IPv4 stack
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IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND)
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IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration
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Path Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) discovery Duplicate Address Detection (DAD)
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ICMP version 6
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IPv6 over IPv4 network with Intrasite Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) support
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USGv6 and IPv6 Gold Logo certified
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IPv6 QoS
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Prioritizes IPv6 packets in hardware
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IPv6 ACL
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Drop or rate-limit IPv6 packets in hardware
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Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD v1/2) snooping
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Delivers IPv6 multicast packets only to the required receivers
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IPv6 applications
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Web/SSL, Telnet server/SSH, Ping, Traceroute, Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), RADIUS, Syslog, DNS client, DHCP client, DHCP auto-configuration
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Management
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Cisco Business Dashboard
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Support for embedded probe for Cisco Business Dashboard running on the switch. Eliminates the need to set up a separate hardware or virtual machine for the Cisco Business Dashboard probe onsite
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Cisco Business mobile app
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Mobile app for Cisco Business switch and wireless products. Helps to set up a local network in minutes and provide easy management at your fingertips.
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Cisco Network Plug and Play (PnP) agent
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The Cisco Network PnP solution provides a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease new branch or campus device rollouts or for provisioning updates to an existing network. The solution provides a unified approach to provision Cisco routers, switches, and wireless devices with a near-zero-touch deployment experience.
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Supports Cisco PnP Connect
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Web user interface
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Built-in switch configuration utility for easy browser-based device configuration (HTTP/HTTPS). Supports configuration, wizards, system dashboard, system maintenance, and monitoring
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Basic and advanced mode for maximum operational efficiency
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SNMP
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SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3 with support for traps, and SNMP v3 User-Based Security Model (USM)
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