User's Manual

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C HAPTER 1
I NTRODUCTION
These switches provide a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching.
They include a management agent that allows you to configure the features
listed in this manual. The default configuration can be used for most of the
features provided by these switches. However, there are many options that
you should configure to maximize the switch’s performance for your
particular network environment.
The 24 10/100 Mbps ports on the SMC6824MPE and SMC6826MPE also
support the IEEE 802.3af Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) standard that
enables DC power to be supplied to attached devices over the unused pairs
of wires in the connecting Ethernet cable.
Key Features
Table 1-1 Key Features
Feature Description
Power over Ethernet
*
Powers attached devices using IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet
(PoE)
Configuration
Backup and Restore
Backup to TFTP server
Authentication Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS,
TACACS+
Web – HTTPS (HTTP/SSL); Telnet – SSH
SNMP v1/2c - Community strings
SNMP version 3 – MD5 or SHA password
Port – IEEE 802.1X, MAC address filtering
Access Control Lists Supports up to 32 IP or MAC ACLs