Users Guide

4 Contents
Mixed and Single Series Stacking . . . . . . . . . 59
Single IP Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Master Failover with Transparent Transition
. . . . 61
Nonstop Forwarding on the Stack
. . . . . . . . . 61
Hot Add/Delete and Firmware Synchronization
. . 61
Security Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Configurable Access and Authentication Profiles
. 62
Password-Protected Management Access
. . . . 62
Strong Password Enforcement
. . . . . . . . . . . 62
TACACS+ Client
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
RADIUS Support
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SSH/SSL
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Inbound Telnet Control
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Denial of Service
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Port Protection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Captive Portal
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
802.1X Authentication (IEEE 802.1X)
. . . . . . . . 65
MAC-Based 802.1X Authentication
. . . . . . . . . 66
802.1X Monitor Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Port Security
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Access Control Lists (ACLs)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Time-Based ACLs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
IP Source Guard (IPSG)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DHCP Snooping
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Dynamic ARP Inspection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Protected Ports (Private VLAN Edge)
. . . . . . . . 68
Green Technology Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Energy Detect Mode
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Energy Efficient Ethernet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power Utilization Reporting
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power over Ethernet (PoE) Plus Features
. . . . . . . . 71