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First Level Feature	Secondary Level	Third Level	S5810 Series	S5860 Series	AS9716-32D N9550-32D	S5870-48T6S-U S5870-48T6S S5870-48T6BC-U S5870-48MX6BC-U S5870-48T6BC	N5850-48S6Q N8550-64C N8560-32C	N8550-48B8C N8550-32C N5850-48X6C N5850-48S6C	S3410 Series
System Management	Hardware management of system FAN and PSU	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Syslog management	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Boot diagnose	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Recover default configuration and password	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP)	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	System file management	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	User management	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Support to configure login methods	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	System time management: manual method, NTP, PTP	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Domain Name System (DNS)	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Layer 2 Switching Configuration	Ethernet Ports Management Configuration	Enable or disable the Ethernet port.	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Configuring port speed.	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MTU	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Flow control	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Flow statistics	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Port breakout	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Routed Interface and Sub-interface	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Routed Interface	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Layer 3 VLAN Interface	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Storm Control	√	√	×	√	√	√	√
		Local loopback	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Backup port	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Link Fault Signaling (LFS)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Forwarding Error Correction (FEC)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Clock and Data Recovery (CDR)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	MAC configuration	Static MAC entries and Dynamic MAC Address Learning	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Static Link Aggregation (LAG) Configuration	Static LAG	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Dynamic LAG (LACP)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Load balancing	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Resilient LAG Hashing	×	×	×	√	√	√	×
		Symmetric Hash for LAG	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	MLAG	Basic MLAG Support IPV6	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MLAG Active-Ative	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Load balancing	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MLAG DHCP Snooping	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MLAG DHCP relay	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MLAG IGMP snooping	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MLAG VxLAN	×	×	×	√	√	√	×
		MLAG PVST+	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Port access mode	ACCESS Trunk Hybrid	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	VLAN	Port-based VLAN	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MAC Trace	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MAC-based VLAN	√	√	×	√	√	√	√
	VLAN mapping	QinQ	√	√	×	√	√	√	√
	VLAN registration	GVRP	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	VLAN registration	MVRP	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Private VLAN	/	√	√	×	√	√	√	√
	Voice VLAN	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Spanning Tree Protocol	STP	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		RSTP	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MSTP	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		PVST+	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		BPDU Filter	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		BPDU Root Guard	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		BPDU TCN-Guard	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		BPDU-Guard	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Edge port	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Manual forwarding	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	BPDU Tunneling	Layer 2 protocol messages such as CDP, LLDP, LACP and STP are supported and can be transmitted through BPDU tunnels.	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS)	ERPSv1 ERPSv2	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Loopback Detection	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
IP Service Configuration Guide	IPv4 Basic Configuration	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	ARP	Static ARP Dynamic ARP	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	ARP	ARP Proxy	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	DHCP	DHCP server and DHCP client	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		DHCP relay and dhcp relay option82	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		DHCPv6 Relay	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		DHCP snooping DHCP snooping trust-port DHCP snooping option82	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		DHCPv6 snooping	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	Equal-Cost Multipath Routing (ECMP)	Max path Load balancing Symmetric Randomized Load Balance Round-Robin Load Balance	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	VRF	Base VRF	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	VRF	Management VRF and VRF Route Leaking	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	IPv6	IPv6 DHCP Relay IPv6 NDP IPv6 ECMP Path MTU Discovery	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
IP Routing Configuration	IP addressing	IPv4 Addressing IPv6 Addressing SVI Routed interface	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Static routing	IPv4/IPv6 static routing Multiple nexthop static route	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	RIP	RIP Network RIP VRF RIP timer RIP passive-interface Redistribution of static route, connnected route, OSPF2 route and BGP routes into RIP withh route map filtering.	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	RIPng	RIPng Network RIP VRF Redistribution of static route, connnected route, OSPF2 route and BGP routes into RIP withh route map filtering.	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	OSPF	Single OSPFv2 instance Single OSPFv2 instance for each VRF OSPFv2 Multiple instances Intra- and inter-area routing. Type 1 and 2 external routing. Broadcast and P2P interfaces. Stub areas. Not so stubby areas (NSSA) MD5 Authentication. Redistribution of static route, connnected route, RIP route and BGP routes into OSPFv2 withh route map filtering. OSPFv2 passive interface OSPFv2 GR (Graceful Restart)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	OSPFv3	Single OSPFv3 instance Single OSPFv3 instance for each VRF Intra-and inter-area routing Type 1 and 2 external routing Broadcast and P2P interfaces Stub areas Redistribution of static route, connnected route, ripng route and BGP routes into OSPFv3 with route map filtering. OSPFv3 passive interface OSPFv3 GR (Graceful Restart)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	IPV4IPv4/IPv6 BGP	BGP Autonomous Systems BGP Route Selection IBGP and EBGP BGP Multiple Autonomous System BGP Peer group BGP fast-external-failover BGP update-source EBGP multihop BGP route-map BGP Multipath BGP Route Aggregation BGP Dynamic Neighbors BGP Security BGP Route Reflector BGP Community BGP Unnumbered Redistribution of static route, connnected route, RIP route and OSPF routes into BGP with route map filtering.	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	IPV4IPv4/IPv6 IS-IS	Network Entity Title (NET) Enable IS-IS Instance on the Interface IS-IS Switch Level IS-IS Authentication: authentication per interface, area authentication and routing domain authentication IS-IS Overload IS-IS Attached-bit Priority for Designated Router Election IS-IS Passive Interface IS-IS Hello Interval Hello-Multiplier for the Neighbor Holding Time Interval for Sending CSNP Messages Interval for Sending PSNP Messages Advertise Default Routes Introduce External Routes Adjusting SPF Calculation Time: spf-interval, spf-delay-ietf init-delay, long-delay, holddown, time-to-learn Configure the Maximum Size of Generated LSPs Configure the Minimum Interval between Regenerating LSP Refresh Period for LSPs Maximum Valid Time for the LSPs	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	Route Map	IP Prefix List as-path-list community-list large-community-list Route Map Match Route Map Set Route Map Call	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	PBR (Policy-Based Routing)	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Multicas Configuration	IGMP	IGMPv2 query IGMPv3 query	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	PIM	PIM SM Static RP PIM-SSM PIM over GRE Tunnel	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	MSDP	PIM-SM Inter-domain Multicast Using MSDP Anycast RP	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	Multicast routing	Multicast routing and forwarding	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	Multicast VLAN	Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	IGMP Snooping	IGMPv2 snooping IGMPv3 snooping mrouter port static group unregistered flood	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
VPN	Generic Routing Encapsulation Protocol (GRE)	/	×	×	×	√	√	√	×
VXLAN	VXLAN	VXLAN	×	×	×	√	√	√	×
VXLAN	EVPN	BGP EVPN	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
High Availability	BFD	Static BFD Dynamic BFD Single-Hop BFD Multi-Hop BFD BFD for BGP BFD for OSPF BFD for PIM-SM	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Uplink Failure Detection (UFD)	Uplink Failure Detection	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Priority Flow Control (PFC)	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)	VRRP Active-Standby VRRP Active-Active (load-balance) VRRPv2 VRRPv3 preempt mode priority authentication accept mode	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	EFM OAM	OAM link discovery Remote loopback	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Lossless Network	PFC, Priority Flow Control	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	PFC Wachdog	enable PFC watchdog detect-interval restore-action restore-interval	×	×	√	×	×	√	×
	ECN, Explicit Congestion Notification	Enable WRED Set the maximum and minimum thresholds Set drop probability Enable ECN	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	DLB, Dynamic Load Balancing	normal mode of Dynamic Load Balancing for ECMP	×	×	√	√	×	√	×
Security	AAA	Radius Authentication Radius Authorization Radius Accounting	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		TACACS+ Authentication TACACS+ Authorization TACACS+ Accounting	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Console Login OUT-band/INBAND Login Local Authentication local authentication fallback	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	NAC	802.1X	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		MAC authentication	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		CWA authentication	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Web authentication Host Mode Server Fail VLAN Block VLAN Dynamic VLAN Fallback to WEB EAP Packet Exchange Redirect URL Change of Authorization (CoA) Downloadable ACL Dynamic ACL session-timeout Re-authentication	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	ACL	Match field: destination-address-ipv4 destination-address-ipv6 destination-mac-address destination-port ether-type first-fragment ip is-fragment protocol source-address-ipv4 source-address-ipv6 source-mac-address source-port time-range vlan ACL-based Traffic Policer ACL-based QoS ACL-based remarked	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Port Security	Enable or disabel port security	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	DAI	Trust Port ARP Packets Validity Checking User Legitimacy Checking Dynamic ARP Inspection ARP Inspection Access List	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	CoPP	System pre-defined control plane protocols Change the pre-defined CoPP policies System customize-defined control plane protocols	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	IPv4SG (IPv4 Source Guard)	IPv4 Source Guard	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	IPv6SG (IPv6 Source Guard)	IPv6 Source Guard	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	DHCPv6 Guard	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
QoS Service Configuration	Queue scheduler	Queue scheduler: SP WRR WFQ	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Traffic policing	Traffic policing: guaranteed-rate max-rate Traffic classifier	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Congestion management and avoidance	Congestion management:WRED Congestion avoidance: ECN	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
Network Management and Monitoring	SNMP	SNMP v2	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		SNMP v3	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		SNMP Access control SNMP authentication SNMP privacy SNMP Trap SNMP VRF	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	RESTCONF	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Remote Network Monitoring (RMON)	Ethernet statistics function (etherStatsTable in RMON MIB)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		History statistics function (etherHistoryTable in RMON MIB)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Event definition function (eventTable and logTable in RMON MIB)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		Alarm threshold setting function (alarmTable in RMON MIB)	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	NETCONF	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	×
	LLDP	LLDP Mode Selecting Optional TLVs	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	LLDP	LLDP med	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	POE (Only supported on devices with 'P' or 'U' in their names)	PoE threshold-mode PoE max-power power management-mode PoE power mode PoE over LLDP Power Negotiation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Mirror Configuration	Local port mirror	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
		ERSPAN	√	x	√	√	√	√	√
		Base ACL ERSPAN	√	x	√	√	√	√	√
	Switch Environment monitor	boot-messages connections cpu-usage fan hwinfo memory-usage processes rollback rpsu serial-number temperature	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Packet Capture	tcpdump	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	Telemetry Protocol	/	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	SDN	Openflow	√	√	√	√	√	√	√
	sFlow	collector udp port source address header length sampling rate	√	√	√	√	√	√	√

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