PLANET GS-4210-8P2T2S - Manual (Page 13)

User’s Manual of GS-4210-8P2T2S
IPv6 / IPv4 Dual Stack
Supporting both IPv6 and IPv4 protocols, the GS-4210-8P2T2S helps the SMBs to step in the IPv6 era with the lowest
investment as its network facilities need not to be replaced or overhauled if the IPv6 FTTx edge network is set up.
Robust Layer 2 Features
The GS-4210-8P2T2S can be programmed for advanced switch management functions such as dynamic port link aggregation,
802.1Q VLAN and
Q-in-Q VLAN, Multiple Spanning Tree protocol (MSTP), Loop and BPDU Guard, IGMP Snooping, and
MLD Snooping. Via the link aggregation, the GS-4210-8P2T2S allows the operation of a high-speed trunk to combine with
multiple ports such as a 16Gbps fat pipe, and supports fail-over as well. Also, the Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is the
Layer 2 protocol included to help discover basic information about neighboring devices on the local broadcast domain.
Efficient Traffic Control
The GS-4210-8P2T2S is loaded with robust QoS features and powerful traffic management to enhance services to
business-class data, voice, and video solutions. The functionality includes broadcast / multicast storm control, per port
bandwidth control, IP DSCP QoS priority and remarking. It guarantees the best performance for VoIP and video stream
transmission, and empowers the enterprises to take full advantage of the limited network resources.
Powerful Security
PLANET GS-4210-8P2T2S offers comprehensive IPv4 / IPv6 Layer 2 to Layer 4 Access Control List (ACL) for enforcing
security to the edge. It can be used to restrict network access by denying packets based on source and destination IP address,
TCP/UDP ports or defined typical network applications. Its protection mechanism also comprises
802.1X port-based user and
device authentication, which can be deployed with RADIUS to ensure the port level security and block illegal users. With the
Protected Port function, communication between edge ports can be prevented to guarantee user privacy. Furthermore, Port
Security function allows to limit the number of network devices on a given port.
Advanced Network Security
The GS-4210-8P2T2S also provides DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard and Dynamic ARP Inspection functions to prevent
IP snooping from attack and discard ARP packets with invalid MAC address. The network administrators can now construct
highly secured corporate networks with considerably less time and effort than before.
Friendly and Secure Management
For efficient management, the GS-4210-8P2T2S is equipped with console, Web, Telnet and SNMP management interfaces.
With the built-in Web-based management interface, the GS-4210-8P2T2S offers an easy-to-use, platform-independent
management and configuration facility. By supporting standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), the switch can
be managed via any standard management software. For text-based management, the switch can be accessed via Telnet and
the console port. Moreover, the GS-4210-8P2T2S offers secure remote management by supporting
SSH, SSL and SNMPv3
connections which encrypt the packet content at each session.
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