Routing Protocols

• IPv4, IPv6, ISO, Connectionless Network Service (CLNS)
• Static routes
• RIP v1/v2
• OSPF/OSPF v3
• BGP with Route Reflector
• IS-IS
• Multicast: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) v1/v2, Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) sparse mode (SM)/dense mode (DM)/source-specific multicast (SSM), Session Description Protocol (SDP), Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP), Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP), Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF)
• Encapsulation: VLAN, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), Frame Relay, High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC), serial, Multilink Point-to-Point Protocol (MLPPP), Multilink Frame Relay (MLFR), and Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE)
• Virtual routers
• Policy-based routing, source-based routing
• Equal-cost multipath (ECMP)

QoS Features

• Support for 802.1p, DiffServ code point (DSCP), EXP
• Classification based on VLAN, data-link connection identifier (DLCI), interface, bundles, or multifield filters
• Marking, policing, and shaping
• Classification and scheduling
• Weighted random early detection (WRED)
• Guaranteed and maximum bandwidth
• Ingress traffic policing
• Virtual channels
• Hierarchical shaping and policing

Switching Features

• ASIC-based Layer 2 Forwarding
• MAC address learning
• VLAN addressing and integrated routing and bridging (IRB) support
• Link aggregation and LACP
• LLDP and LLDP-MED
• STP, RSTP, MSTP
• MVRP
• 802.1X authentication