Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch - Manual (Page 31)

SmartSwitch Router User Reference Manual 31
Chapter 1: SSR Product Overview
Supported Media (Encapsulation Type)
The SSR supports the following industry-standard networking media:
• IP: IEEE 802.3 SNAP and Ethernet Type II
• IPX: IEEE 802.3 SNAP, Ethernet Type II, IPX 802.3, 802.2
• 802.1Q VLAN Encapsulation
Supported Routing Protocols
The SSR supports many routing protocols based on open standards. The SSR can receive
and forward packets concurrently from any combination of the following:
• Interior gateway protocols:
– Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Version 2
Quality of
Service (QoS) • Layer-2 prioritization (802.1p)
• Layer-3 source-destination flows
• Layer-4 source-destination flows
• Layer-4 application flows
RMON • RMON v1/v2 for each port
Management • SNMP
• CoreWatch Element Manager (GUI)
• Emacs-like Command Line Interface (CLI)
Port mirroring • Traffic to Control Module
• Traffic from specific ports
• Traffic to specific chassis slots (line cards)
Hot swapping • Power supply (when redundant supply is installed and online)
Load balancing/
sharing • Cabletron Systems SmartTRUNK support
Redundancy • Redundant and hot-swappable power supplies
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
Table 1. SSR Hardware and software specifications (Continued)
Feature Specification