Switch 7700 Configuration Guide

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Product Overview The 3Com Switch 7700 is a large capacity, modularized wire speed
Layer
2/Layer 3 Ethernet switch. It is designed for IP metropolitan area networks
(MAN), large-sized enterprise network and campus network users.
The Switch 7700 has an integrated chassis structure. The chassis contains a card
area, fan area, power supply area, and a power distribution area. In the card area,
there are seven slots. Slot 0 is prepared specially for the switch Fabric module. The
other six slots are for interface modules. You can install different interface modules
for different networks and the slots support mixed a mixed set of modules.
The Switch 7700 supports the following services:
■ Internet broadband access
■ MAN, enterprise/campus networking
■ Multicast service and multicast routing functions and support audio and video
multicast service.
Function Features Table 1 lists and describes the function features that the Switch 7700 supports.
Tabl e 1 Function Features
Features Support
VLAN VLANs compliant with IEEE 802.1Q standard
Port-based VLAN
GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)
STP protocol STP/RSTP, compliant with IEEE 802.1D/802.1w Standard
Flow control IEEE 802.3x flow control (full-duplex)
Back-pressure based flow control (half-duplex)
Broadcast Suppression Broadcast Suppression
Multicast GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
Protocol-Independent Multicast-Dense Mode (PIM-DM)
Protocol-Independent Multicast-Sparse Mode (PIM-SM)
IP routing Static route
Routing Information Protocol (RIP) V1/v2
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
DHCP Relay Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Relay
Link aggregation Link aggregation