Brocade FCX-2XG Data Sheet

Layer 2 switching

• 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree

• 802.1x Authentication

• Auto MDI/MDIX

• BPDU Guard, Root Guard

• Dual-Mode VLANs

• Dynamic VLAN Assignment

• Dynamic Voice VLAN Assignment

• Fast Port Span

• Flexible Static Multicast MAC Address

Configuration

• GARP VLAN Registration Protocol

• IGMP Snooping (v1/v2/v3)

• Link Fault Signaling (LFS)

• MAC Address Locking

• MAC-Layer Filtering

• MAC Learning Disable; Port Security

• MLD Snooping (v1/v2)

• Multi-device Authentication

• Per VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST/PVST+/PVRST)

• PIM–SM Snooping

• Policy-controlled MAC-based VLANs

• Port-based Access Control Lists

• Port-based, ACL-based, MAC Filter-based, and

VLAN-based Mirroring

• Port Loop Detection

• Port Speed Downshift and Selective Auto-

negotiation

• Private VLAN

• Private VLANs and Uplink Switch

• Protected Link Groups

• Protocol VLAN (802.1v), Subnet VLAN

• Remote Fault Notification (RFN)

• Single-instance Spanning Tree

• Single-link LACP

• Trunk Groups

• Trunk Threshold

• UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD)

Layer 3 routing

• ECMP

• Host routes

• IPv4 Static Routes

• Layer 3/Layer 4 ACLs RIP v1/v2 announce

• OSPF v2

• PIM-SM, PIM-SSM, PIM-DM

• RIP v1/v2

• Routed Interfaces

• Route-only Support

• Routing Between Directly Connected Subnets

• Virtual Interfaces

• Virtual Route Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)

Advanced

functionality

(included with –

ADV models)

• BGP

Metro features

• Metro-Ring Protocol (v1, v2)

• Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)

• VLAN Stacking (Q-in-Q)

• VRRP, VRRP-E

• Topology Groups

Quality of service

• ACL Mapping and Marking of ToS/DSCP

• ACL Mapping to Priority Queue

• ACL Mapping to ToS/DSCP

• Classifying and Limiting Flows Based on TCP Flags

• DHCP Relay

• DiffServ Support

• Honoring DSCP and 802.1p

• MAC Address Mapping to Priority Queue

• QoS Queue Management using Weighted

Round Robin (WRR), Strict Priority (SP), and a

combination of WRR and SP

High availability

• Redundant hot-swappable internal

power supplies

• Hot-swappable fan assembly

• Layer 3 VRRP protocol redundancy

• Real-time state synchronization across the stack

• Hitless failover from master to standby

stack controller

• Protected link groups

• Hot insertion and removal of stacked units

Traffic management

• ACL-based inbound rate limiting and

traffic policies

• Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast

rate limiting

• Inbound rate limiting per port

• Outbound rate limiting per port and per queue

Management

and control

• Auto Configuration

• Configuration Logging

• Digital Optical Monitoring

• Display Log Messages on Multiple Terminals

• Embedded Web Management

• Embedded DHCP Server

• Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP)

• Industry-Standard Command Line Interface (CLI)

• Key-based activation of optional software features

• Integration with HP OpenView for Sun Solaris, HP-

UX, IBM AIX, and Windows

• Brocade Network Advisor

• IronView Network Manager (INM) Version 3.2 or

later

• MIB Support for MRP, Port Security, MAC

Authentication, and MAC-based VLANs

• Out-of-band Ethernet Management

• RFC 783 TFTP

• RFC 854 TELNET Client and Server

• RFC 1157 SNMPv1/v2c

• RFC 1213 MIB-II

• RFC 1493 Bridge MIB

• RFC 1516 Repeater MIB

• RFC 1573 SNMP MIB II

• RFC 1643 Ethernet Interface MIB

• RFC 1643 Ethernet MIB

• RFC 1724 RIP v1/v2 MIB

• RFC 1757 RMON MIB

• RFC 2068 Embedded HTTP

• RFC 2131 DHCP Server and DHCP Relay

• RFC 2570 SNMPv3 Intro to Framework

• RFC 2571 Architecture for Describing SNMP

Framework

• RFC 2572 SNMP Message Processing and

Dispatching

• RFC 2573 SNMPv3 Applications

• RFC 2574 SNMPv3 User-based Security Model

• RFC 2575 SNMP View-based Access Control Model

SNMP

• RFC 2818 Embedded HTTPS

• RFC 3176 sFlow

• SNTP Simple Network Time Protocol

• Support for Multiple Syslog Servers

Embedded security

• 802.x Accounting

• MAC Authentication

• Bi-level Access Mode (Standard and EXEC Level)

• EAP pass-through support

• IEEE 802.1X username export in sFlow

• Protection against Denial of Service (DoS) attacks

Secure management • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)

• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with SSHv2

• RADIUS/TACACS/TACACS+

• Secure Copy (SCP)

• Secure Shell (SSHv2)

• Username/Password

• Web authentication