Chapter 1
Overview
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Layer 2 bridging features
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Layer 3 routing, switching, and forwarding
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Supported routing protocols
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Fast EtherChannel (FEC) features (ML100T-12)
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Cisco ONS 15454 SONET/SDH ML-Series Multilayer Ethernet Card Software Feature and Configuration Guide, R4.0
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G-Series card compatible
PPP over SONET/SDH (IP POS and bridging with VLANs)
Layer 2 transparent bridging
Layer 2 MAC learning, aging, and switching by hardware
Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1D) per bridge group
Protocol tunneling
A maximum of 255 active bridge groups
Up to 60,000 MAC addresses per card, with a supported limit of 8,000 per bridge group
Integrated routing and bridging (IRB)
VLAN features
802.1P/Q-based VLAN trunking
802.1Q VLAN tunneling
802.1D Spanning Tree and 802.1W Rapid Spanning Tree
Default routes
IP unicast and multicast forwarding support
Simple IP access control lists (ACLs) (both Layer 2 and Layer 3 forwarding path)
Extended IP ACLs in software (control-plane only)
IP and IP multicast routing and switching between Ethernet ports
Load balancing among equal cost paths based on source and destination IP addresses
Up to 18,000 IP routes
Up to 20,000 IP host entries
Up to 40 IP multicast groups
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Routing and Forwarding Lite (VRF Lite)
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) Protocol
Routing Information Protocol (RIP and RIP II)
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) Protocol
Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)—Sparse, sparse-dense and dense modes
Secondary addressing
Static routes
Local proxy ARP
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
Classless interdomain routing (CIDR)
ML-Series Feature List
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