Reference Guide

IronWare Software Release 02.8.00a for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0 Page 10 of 40
Category Feature description
• VLANs
802.1Q tagging
Port-based VLANs
Super Aggregated VLANs (SAV)
Dual-mode VLAN ports
Transparent Port Flooding
VLAN ID to MSTP Instance Pre-assignment
Private VLANs
• VSRP • Layer 2 Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)
Layer 3 Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)
VSRP and MRP Signaling
• Layer 2 ACLs • Replaces MAC filters
• Layer 2 PIM Snooping • The BigIron RX supports PIM Snooping.
Layer 3 features
• ACLs
Standard, Extended, and Super
Inbound
ACL logging
ACL editing
• BGP
BGP routes
BGP peers
BGP dampening
Graceful Restart
• FDR
Foundry Direct Routing
• IP Forwarding
IPv4 Routing
IPv6 Routing