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Chapter
16
Basic Layer 2 Features
Table 100 lists the individual Brocade FastIron switches and the basic Layer 2 features they
support. These features are supported in the Layer 2, base Layer 3, edge Layer 3, and full Layer 3
software images, except where explicitly noted.
TABLE 100 Supported basic Layer 2 features
Feature FESX
FSX 800
FSX 1600
FWS FCX ICX 6610 ICX 6430
ICX 6450
16,000 MAC addresses per switch Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
(ICX 6450
only)
8000 for
ICX 6430
32,000 MAC addresses per switch Yes (when
flow-based
MAC address
learning is
enabled)
No Yes Yes No
MAC learning rate control No Yes Yes Yes Yes
Multi-port static MAC address Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Static MAC entries with option to set
traffic priority
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Flow-based MAC address learning Yes
To enable,
use the
mac-learning
-flow-based
command.
No Yes
Enabled by
default on
FCX devices.
There is no
CLI
command to
enable or
disable it.
No No
Port-based VLANs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Address locking (for MAC addresses) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MAC address filter override of 802.1X Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MAC address filtering (filtering on
source and destination MAC addresses)
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MAC address move notification Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Ability to disable MAC learning Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic buffer allocation for QoS
priorities
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Fault Notificatoin (RFN) for 1G
fiber
Yes Yes Yes Yes No