User's Manual

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Users Manual of GPL-8000
IP Routing Features
Supports dynamic routing protocol: RIP and OSPF
IPv4 static routing
Routing interface provides per VLAN routing mode
Layer 2 Features
Supports VLAN
- IEEE 802.1Q tag-based VLAN
- Provider Bridging (VLAN Q-in-Q, IEEE 802.1ad) supported
- GVRP for dynamic VLAN management
Supports Link Aggregation
- 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)
- Cisco ether-channel (static trunk)
Supports Spanning Tree Protocol
- STP, IEEE 802.1D (Classic Spanning Tree Protocol)
- RSTP, IEEE 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol)
- MSTP, IEEE 802.1s (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, spanning tree by VLAN)
Port mirroring to monitor the incoming or outgoing traffic on a particular port (many to 1)
Supports G.8032 ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching)
Loop protection to avoid broadcast loops
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
Quality of Service
Ingress shaper and egress rate limit per port bandwidth control
8 priority queues on all switch ports
- IEEE 802.1p CoS/DSCP/Precedence
- VLAN ID
- Policy-based ingress and egress QoS
Multicast
Supports IPv4 IGMP snooping v1, v2 and v3
Supports IPv6 MLD snooping v1 and v2
Querier mode support
MVR (Multicast VLAN Registration)
Security
Authentication
- IEEE 802.1x port-based network access authentication
- Built-in RADIUS client to cooperate with the RADIUS servers
- RADIUS/TACACS+ users access authentication