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Ethernet and switching include a variety of protocols, including bridging, port security, and spanning tree, and VXLAN.
| Feature hierarchy | Feature Name |
|---|---|
| Switching / | Ethernet port switching |
| Switching / | Layer 2 Ethernet switching capability |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Automatic recovery for port error disable conditions |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Disabling local switching in bridge domains |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Enterprise style |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Layer 2 bridge domains and virtual switching |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Loop detection for Layer 2 network |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Loop detection using the MAC address move |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Service provider style |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Unknown Unicast & Multicast Forwarding |
| Switching / Bridging / | Bridging: Uplink protection for network isolation |
| Switching / Data Center Storage Protocols / | FCoE: FIP snooping |
| Switching / Data Center Storage Protocols / | FCoE: Increase to 2500 FIP snooping sessions |
| Switching / Data Center Storage Protocols / | FCoE: Link aggregation group |
| Switching / Data Center Storage Protocols / | FCoE: Transit switch |
| Switching / Data Center Storage Protocols / | Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) |
| Switching / Data Center Storage Protocols / | VN_Port-to-VN_Port FIP snooping |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / | Multiple server instances under a given interface |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | Centralized assignment of unique MAC addresses to GNFs |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | Duplicate MAC address detection and suppression |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | Dynamic learning of source and destination MAC addresses on aggregated Ethernet interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | Global MAC Address Aging |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC filtering, accounting, policing, and learning |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Clear all MAC address information |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Clearing MAC addresses for better convergence |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Configure priority and enable persistent MAC learning on trunk interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Disable |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Disable on VXLAN interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Ethernet switching family, qualified MAC learning |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Ethernet switching family, static MAC entries |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Increase in MAC table size |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Increased capability |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Inner VLAN tags |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC learning: Persistent MAC learning (sticky MAC) |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC notification |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC-IP snooping on non-EVPN VLANs |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | MAC-based VLANs |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | Media Access Control (MAC) address filtering |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | Modifying MAC table aging timer for bridge domains |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Learning / | VoIP MAC address support |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | Bridging: MAC limiting per instance |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | Bridging: MAC limiting per interface |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | Bridging: MAC move limiting |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | Enhancement to MAC limit function |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | MAC Limit per Interface Packet action |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | MAC Limiting on Layer 3 Routing Interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | MAC address limit per port |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | MAC limiting |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | MAC limiting on OVSDB-managed interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Limiting / | MAC limiting per port and per VLAN (VLAN membership MAC limit) |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Move Limiting / | Limit and track MAC address movement for all VLANs in a routing instance |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / MAC Pinning / | MAC pinning to prevent loops |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | EVPN-VXLAN: Storm control |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Storm Control |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Storm control (broadcast and unicast) |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Storm control (multicast) |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Storm control on OVSDB-managed interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Storm control, MAC filtering, and BPDU protection in EVPN-VXLAN with IPv6 underlay |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Unknown Layer 2 unicast forwarding |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Unknown MAC user specified forwarding action |
| Switching / Ethernet Forwarding / Traffic Storm Control / | Unknown unicast drop configuration for VLAN interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / | IP source guard |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / | Wi-Fi Mini-Physical Interface Module |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / | Controlling access to network resources based on the identity of the device used, not the user's identity |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / | IEEE legacy (pre-standards) |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Captive Portal Authentication / | Captive portal |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Captive Portal Authentication / | Captive portal authentication for Layer 2 interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Captive Portal Authentication / | Captive portal authentication for Layer 3 interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Captive Portal Authentication / | Captive portal on Wi-Fi Mini-Physical Interface Module |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Captive Portal Authentication / | Liveness detection for captive portal |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Captive Portal Authentication / | UPN as User Identity |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X assignment of GBP tags using the RADIUS server |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X authentication (port-based, multiple supplicant) |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X authentication on Layer 3 interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X authentication on private VLANs (PVLANs) |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X authentication on trunk ports |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X authentication port-based network access control (PNAC) |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X authentication with VLAN assignment, VoIP VLAN support |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X configuration and operational state sensors using OpenConfig |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X configuration that sends the VLAN name in a RADIUS packet |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X dynamic firewall filters based on RADIUS information |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X multi-domain authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X user-based dynamic firewall filters |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | 802.1X user-based dynamic firewall filters on multiple-supplicant ports |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Additional attributes for RADIUS accounting |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Authentication fallback |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Authentication order with priority |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Central Web authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Flexible authentication order |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Logical domain support for device identity authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Multiple terms in a filter sent from the RADIUS server |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Native sensor support for 802.1x telemetry |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Per user 802.1X statistics |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS accounting |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS accounting interim updates |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS attributes for dynamic VLAN assignment on colorless ports |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS over TLS (RADSEC) |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS reachability to reauthenticate server fail sessions |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS server failure/timeout user configurable action |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | RADIUS-initiated changes to an authorized user session |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Round-robin method for accessing RADIUS servers |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Selective server-reject VLAN in 802.1X authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Service provider style CLI in EVPN-VXLAN Layer 3 gateways |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Simplified command expressions for RADIUS and TACACS+ servers |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / Core IEEE 802.1X Authentication Features / | Voice VLAN fallback |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC Authentication / | 802.1X authentication with EVPN-VXLAN |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC Authentication / | 802.1X with authentication bypass access (based on host MAC address) |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC Authentication / | IP and MAC address validation |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC Authentication / | MAC address validation for Ethernet and IP demux interfaces |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC Authentication / | MAC address validation in enhanced network services modes |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | 802.1X MAC RADIUS authentication with global password |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Admin Authentication Creating local Admin groups |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Admin Authentication Creating local Admins |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Admin Authentication via LocalDB |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Admin Authentication via RADIUS client |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Administrative Authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | EAP-PAP protocol support for MAC RADIUS authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | FQDN support in RADIUS configuration |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | MAC RADIUS authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) for MAC RADIUS authentication |
| Switching / Ethernet Port Security / IEEE 802.1X Authentication / MAC RADIUS Authentication / | Retain authentication session based on IP-MAC bindings |
| Switching / Ethernet Ring Protection / | Default logging for Ethernet ring protection switching (ERPS) |
| Switching / Ethernet Ring Protection / | Ethernet Ring Protocol (ERP) support for multiple ring instances on the same physical ring |
| Switching / Ethernet Ring Protection / | G.8032 Ethernet ring protection switching (ERPS) |
| Switching / L2 Control / IPv6 RA Guard / | Router Advertisement Proxy |
| Switching / L2 Control / L2PT / | L2PT MAC address rewrite |
| Switching / L2 Control / L2PT / | L2PT over VPLS networks |
| Switching / L2 Control / L2PT / | L2PT support for VSTP and per-VSTP |
| Switching / L2 Control / L2PT / | L2PT support for tunneling additional protocols |
| Switching / L2 Control / L2PT / | Layer 2 protocol tunneling (L2PT) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Aggregated Ethernet: Minimum links specification |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Aggregated Ethernet: Periodic fast keepalives |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Finer control of active and standby LACP links |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Initialization delay timer feature support on LAG interfaces |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Inline LACP PDU transmission processing |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP Link Protection (1:1) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP Link Protection Non-Revertive |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP Link Protection Passive |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP hold-up timer configuration support on LAG interfaces |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP support for layer 2 |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP support for layer 3 |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP support in Layer 2 transparent mode |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP telemetry support for new leaves |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Force-up |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection (global) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection disable |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection: Fast failover |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection: Non-revertive (global) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection: Port priority configuration |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection: Request switchover between active and standby links |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Link protection: revertive mode |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Minimum links threshold configuration |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Perodic interval (fast and slow) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | LACP: Use micro BFD to synchronize LAG state to the peer if minimum links threshold crossed and links are disabled locally |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Routing mode: LACP in standalone mode |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Support extended for Layer 3 feature: Distributed PPM support for LACP |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | Switching mode: LACP in standalone mode |
| Switching / L2 Control / LACP / | User-defined system identifier in LACP |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP-MED: Bypass |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP-MED: Power negotiation |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP-MED: VoIP integration |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Alternate destination addresses |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Clear LLDP adjacency using gNOI microservices |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Disable LLDP TLVs |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Management interfaces |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Routed and reth interfaces |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Statistics, notifications, and configuration model for suppress-tlv-advertisement support on JTI |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: Transmit maximum VLAN Name TLVs |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | LLDP: WAN interfaces |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) |
| Switching / L2 Control / LLDP / | Link Layer Discovery Protocol - Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED) |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Per-VLAN Spanning Tree (PVST)+ |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning tree protocols: 802.1ad provider bridge |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Root guard |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Root protection |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: BPDU filter |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: BPDU protection |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Ephemeral database support for MSTP, RSTP, and VSTP |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Flooding BPDUs using existing ingress port-based firewall filters |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Global configuration |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Layer 2 bridging and VPLS |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Loop protection |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: OpenConfig support |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: RSTP and VSTP coexistence |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: RSTP and VSTP concurrent configuration |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | Spanning-tree protocols: Turn off spanning-tree interface state |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (VSTP) |
| Switching / Spanning Tree Protocols / | VSTP: Send and receive untagged RSTP BPDUs on Ethernet interfaces |