7170 Series | Features

Layer 2 Features

• 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree

• 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol

• Rapid Per VLAN Spanning Tree (RPVST+)

• 4096 VLANs

• Q-in-Q

• Dynamic Load Balancing

• 802.3ad Link Aggregation/LACP

• 128 ports/channel

• 256 groups per system

• Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG)

• 64 ports per MLAG

• Custom LAG Hashing *

• Resilient LAG Hashing *

• 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol

• 802.3x Flow Control

• Jumbo Frames (9216 Bytes)

• IGMP v1/v2/v3 snooping

• Storm Control *

• Audio Video Bridging (AVB) *

Layer 3 Features

• Routing Protocols: OSPF, OSPFv3, BGP, MP-BGP, IS-IS, and RIPv2

• Static Routes

• 128-way Equal Cost Multipath Routing (ECMP)

• Resilient ECMP Routes *

• VRF

• Bi-Directional Forwarding Detection (BFD)

• Route Maps

• IGMP v2/v3

• PIM-SM / PIM-SSM *

• Anycast RP (RFC 4610)

• VRRP

• Virtual ARP (VARP)

• Policy Based Routing (PBR) *

• uRPF *

• Network Address Translation

• Source/Destination NAT

• Source/Group Multicast NAT

Advanced Monitoring and Provisioning

• Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)

• Smart System Upgrade *

• Latency Analyzer and Microburst Detection (LANZ)

• Configurable Congestion Notification (CLI, Syslog)

• Streaming Events (GPB Encoded)

• Capture/Mirror of congested traffic

• Advanced Monitoring and Aggregation

• Port Mirroring (128 active sessions)

• L2/3/4 Filtering on Mirror Sessions

• Port Channel source and destination

• Mirror to CPU

• Advanced Event Management suite (AEM)

• CLI Scheduler

• Event Manager

• Event Monitor

• Linux tools

• Integrated packet capture/analysis with TCPDump

• RFC 3176 sFlow

• Restore & configure from USB

• Blue Beacon LED for system identification

• eAPI

• OpenStack Neutron Support

• IEEE 1588 PTP (Transparent Clock and Boundary Clock)

Virtualization Support

• VXLAN Routing and Bridging

• VM Tracer VMware Integration

• VMware vSphere support

• VM Auto Discovery

• VM Adaptive Segmentation

• VM Host View

Security Features

• PDP

• Service ACLs

• Ingress ACLs using L2, L3, L4 fields

• ACL Deny Logging *

• ACL Counters

• DHCP Relay / Snooping *

• TACACS+

• RADIUS

Quality of Service (QoS) Features

• Up to 8 queues per port

• 802.1p based classification

• DSCP based classification and remarking *

• Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) *

• QoS interface trust (COS / DSCP)

• Strict priority queueing

• Weighted Round Robin (WRR) Scheduling

• Per-Priority Flow Control (PFC) *

• Data Center Bridging Extensions (DCBX) *

• 802.1Qaz Enhanced Transmissions Selection (ETS) *

• Per port MMU Configuration

• Policing/Shaping

• Rate limiting

* Not currently supported in EOS