Performance

Switching capacity and forwarding rate

All switches are wire-speed and non-blocking.

Product Name

Capacity in mpps (64-byte packets)

Switching Capacity (Gbps)

SF500-24

9.52

28.8

SF500-24P

9.52

28.8

SF500-24MP

9.52

28.8

SF500-48

13.10

33.6

SF500-48P

13.10

33.6

SF500-48MP

13.10

33.6

SG500-28

41.67

72

SG500-28P

41.67

72

SG500-28MPP

41.67

72

SG500-52

77.38

120

SG500-52P

77.38

120

SG500-52MP

77.38

120

SG500X-24

95.24

128

SG500X-24P

95.24

128

SG500X-24MPP

95.24

128

SG500X-48

130.95

176

SG500X-48P

130.95

176

SG500X-48MP

130.95

176

SG500XG-8F8T

238.1

320

Layer 2 Switching

Spanning Tree Protocol

Standard 802.1d Spanning Tree Support

Fast convergence using 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree [RSTP]), enabled by default

Multiple spanning tree instances using 802.1s (MSTP). 16 instances are supported

Port grouping/link aggregation

Support for IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

VLAN

Support for up to 4096 VLANs simultaneously Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs MAC-based VLAN

Management VLAN

PVE (Private VLAN Edge), also known as Protected Port, with multiple uplinks

Guest VLAN Unauthenticated VLAN Protocol-based VLAN CPE VLAN

Dynamic VLAN assignment via Radius server along with 802.1x client authentication

Voice VLAN

Voice traffic is automatically assigned to a voice-specific VLAN and treated with appropriate levels of QoS. Auto voice capabilities deliver network-wide zero touch deployment of voice endpoints and call control devices.

Multicast TV VLAN

Multicast TV VLAN allows the single multicast VLAN to be shared in the network while subscribers remain in separate VLANs. This feature is also known as Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR).

Q-in-Q

VLANs transparently cross over a service provider network while isolating traffic among customers.

GVRP/GARP

Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) and Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) enable automatic propagation and configuration of VLANs in a bridged domain.

Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)

UDLD monitors physical connection to detect unidirectional links caused by incorrect wiring or port faults to prevent forwarding loops and blackholing of traffic in switched networks

DHCP Relay at Layer 2

Relay of DHCP traffic to DHCP server in a different VLAN. Works with DHCP Option 82.

IGMP (versions 1, 2, and 3)
snooping

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) limits bandwidth-intensive multicast traffic to only the requesters; supports 1K (1024) and 4K (for SG500X in native mode) multicast groups (source-specific multicasting is also supported).

IGMP querier

IGMP querier is used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a multicast router.

HOL blocking

Head-of-line (HOL) blocking.

Jumbo Frames

Frames up to 9K (9216) bytes in length.

Layer 3

IPv4 routing

Wirespeed routing of IPv4 packets

Up to 2K (2048) static routes and up to 256 IP interfaces

Wirespeed IPv6 Static Routing

Up to 2K (2048) static routes and up to 128 IPv6 interfaces

Layer 3 Interface

Configuration of layer 3 interface on physical port, LAG, VLAN interface or Loopback interface

CIDR

Support for Classless Inter-Domain Routing

RIP v2 (on 500X)

Support for Routing Information Protocol version 2, for dynamic routing

VRRP (on 500X)

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) delivers improved availability in a Layer 3 network by providing redundancy of the default gateway servicing hosts on the network. VRRP versions 2 and 3 are supported. Up to 255 virtual routers are supported.

DHCP Server

Switch functions as an IPv4 DHCP Server serving IP addresses for multiple DHCP pools/scopes

Support for DHCP options

DHCP Relay at Layer 3

Relay of DHCP traffic across IP domains.

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Relay

Relay of broadcast information across Layer 3 domains for application discovery or relaying of BOOTP/DHCP packets.

Stacking

Hardware stack

Up to 8 units in a stack. Up to 416 ports managed as a single system with hardware failover.

High availability

Fast stack failover delivers minimal traffic loss.

Plug-and-play stacking configuration/management

Master/backup for resilient stack control

Auto-numbering

Hot swap of units in stack

Ring and chain stacking options Auto stacking port speed Flexible stacking port options

High-speed stack interconnects

Cost-effective 5G copper and high-speed 10G Fiber and Copper interfaces.

Hybrid stack

A mix of SF500, SG500, and SG500X in the same stack (10/100, Gigabit, and 10 Gigabit).

Security

SSH

SSH is a secure replacement for Telnet traffic. SCP also uses SSH. SSH versions 1 and 2 are supported.

SSL

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encrypts all HTTPS traffic, allowing secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch.

IEEE 802.1X (Authenticator role)

RADIUS authentication and accounting, MD5 hash, guest VLAN, unauthenticated VLAN, single/multiple host mode and single/multiple sessions

Supports time-based 802.1X Dynamic VLAN assignment

Web Based Authentication

Web based authentication provides network admission control through web browser to any host devices and operating systems.

STP BPDU Guard

A security mechanism to protect the networks from invalid configurations. A port enabled for Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard is shut down if a BPDU message is received on that port. This avoids accidental topology loops.

STP Root Guard

This prevents edge devices not in the network administrator’s control from becoming Spanning Tree Protocol root nodes.

DHCP snooping

Filters out DHCP messages with unregistered IP addresses and/or from unexpected or untrusted interfaces. This prevents rogue devices from behaving as a DHCP Server.

IP Source Guard (IPSG)

When IP Source Guard is enabled at a port, the switch filters out IP packets received from the port if the source IP addresses of the packets have not been statically configured or dynamically learned from DHCP snooping. This prevents IP Address Spoofing.

Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)

The switch discards ARP packets from a port if there are no static or dynamic IP/MAC bindings or if there is a discrepancy between the source or destination address in the ARP packet. This prevents man-in-the-middle attacks.

IP/Mac/Port Binding (IPMB)

The features (DHCP Snooping, IP Source Guard, and Dynamic ARP Inspection) above work together to prevent DoS attacks in the network, thereby increasing network availability

Secure Core Technology (SCT)

Ensures that the switch will receive and process management and protocol traffic no matter how much traffic is received.

Secure Sensitive Data (SSD)

A mechanism to manage sensitive data (such as passwords, keys, etc.) securely on the switch, populating this data to other devices, and secure autoconfig. Access to view the sensitive data as plaintext or encrypted is provided according to the user configured access level and the access method of the user.

Layer 2 isolation (PVE) with community VLAN^*

Private VLAN Edge provides security and isolation between switch ports, which helps ensure that users cannot snoop on other users’ traffic; supports multiple uplinks.

Port security

Ability to lock Source MAC addresses to ports, and limit the number of learned MAC addresses.

RADIUS/TACACS+

Supports RADIUS and TACACS authentication. Switch functions as a client.

RADIUS accounting

The RADIUS accounting functions allow data to be sent at the start and end of services, indicating the amount of resources (such as time, packets, bytes, and so on) used during the session.

Storm control

Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast.

DoS prevention

Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack prevention.

Multiple user privilege levels in CLI

Levels 1, 7, and 15 privilege levels.

ACLs

Support for up to 2K (2048) rules on 500 Series and 3K (3072) on 500X series.

Drop or rate limit based on source and destination MAC, VLAN ID or IP address, protocol, port, DSCP/IP precedence, TCP/User Datagram Protocol (UDP) source and destination ports, 802.1p priority, Ethernet type, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets, Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) packets, TCP flag.

Time-based ACLs supported.

Quality of Service

Priority levels

8 hardware queues

Scheduling

Strict Priority and weighted round-robin (WRR)

Class of service

Port based; 802.1p VLAN priority based; IPv4/v6 IP precedence/ToS/DSCP based; DiffServ; classification and re-marking ACLs, Trusted QoS

Queue assignment based on differentiated services code point (DSCP) and class of service (802.1p/CoS)

Rate limiting

Ingress policer; egress shaping and ingress rate control; per VLAN, per port, and flow based

Congestion avoidance

A TCP congestion avoidance algorithm is required to minimize and prevent global TCP loss synchronization.

Standards

Standards

IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ab 1000BASE- T Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol, IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, IEEE 802.3 ad LACP, IEEE 802.1D (STP, GARP and GVRP), IEEE 802.1Q/p VLAN, IEEE 802.1w Rapid STP, IEEE 802.1s Multiple STP, IEEE 802.1X Port Access Authentication, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at, RFC 768, RFC 783, RFC 791, RFC 792, RFC 793, RFC 813, RFC 879, RFC 896, RFC 826, RFC 854, RFC 855, RFC 856, RFC 858, RFC 894, RFC 919, RFC 922, RFC 920, RFC 950, RFC 951, RFC 1042, RFC 1071, RFC 1123, RFC 1141, RFC 1155, RFC 1157, RFC 1350, RFC 1533, RFC 1541, RFC 1542, RFC 1624, RFC 1700, RFC 1867, RFC 2030, RFC 2616, RFC 2131, RFC 2132, RFC 3164, RFC 3411, RFC 3412, RFC 3413, RFC 3414, RFC 3415, RFC 2576, RFC 4330, RFC 1213, RFC 1215, RFC 1286, RFC 1442, RFC 1451, RFC 1493, RFC 1573, RFC 1643, RFC 1757, RFC 1907, RFC 2011, RFC 2012, RFC 2013, RFC 2233, RFC 2618, RFC 2665, RFC 2666, RFC 2674, RFC 2737, RFC 2819, RFC 2863, RFC 1157, RFC 1493, RFC 1215, RFC 3416

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6 Host Mode IPv6 over Ethernet Dual IPv6/IPv4 stack

IPv6 Neighbor and Router Discovery (ND) IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration Path MTU Discovery

Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) ICMPv6

IPv6 over IPv4 network with ISATAP tunnel support

USGv6 and IPv6 Gold Logo certified

IPv6 QoS

Prioritize IPv6 packets in hardware

IPv6 ACL

Drop or Rate Limit IPv6 packets in hardware

IPv6 First Hop Security

RA guard

ND inspection

DHCPv6 guard

Neighbor binding table (Snooping and static entries)

Neighbor binding integrity check

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD v1/2) snooping

Deliver IPv6 multicast packets only to the required receivers

IPv6 applications

Web/SSL, Telnet Server/SSH, Ping, Traceroute, SNTP, TFTP, SNMP, RADIUS, Syslog, DNS client, DHCP Client, DHCP Autoconfig, IPv6 DHCP Relay, TACACS

IPv6 RFC supported

RFC 4443 (which obsoletes RFC 2463) - ICMPv6

RFC 4291 (which obsoletes RFC 3513) - IPv6 Address Architecture

RFC 4291 - IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture

RFC 2460 - IPv6 Specification

RFC 4861 (which obsoletes RFC 2461) - Neighbor Discovery for IPv6

RFC 4862 (which obsoletes RFC 2462) - IPv6 Stateless Address Auto-configuration

RFC 1981 - Path MTU Discovery

RFC 4007 - IPv6 Scoped Address Architecture

RFC 3484 - Default address selection mechanism

RFC 5214 (which obsoletes RFC 4214) - ISATAP tunneling RFC 4293 - MIB IPv6: Textual Conventions and General Group RFC 3595 - Textual Conventions for IPv6 Flow Label

Management

Web user interface

Built-in switch configuration utility for easy browser-based device configuration (HTTP/HTTPS). Supports configuration, system dashboard, system maintenance and monitoring.

SNMP

SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3 with support for traps, and SNMP v3 User-based Security Model (USM)