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Table 2: Supported features for R02.8.00 Category Feature description System level features • Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) • CLI Logging • Denial of Service (DoS) protection • Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP) • High Availability • Management Options • Security • CPU protection Allows you to configure a Brocade device to intercept and display the contents of CDP packets. This feature is useful for learning device and interface information for Cisco devices in the network. Allows the logging of all valid CLI commands from each user session into the system log. Protection from SYN attacks Protection from Smurf attacks Enables Foundry devices to advertise themselves to other Foundry devices on the network. OS Layer 2 Hitless Software Upgrade Serial and Telnet access to industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI) Secure Shell (SSH) version 2 (v2) TFTP Web-based GUI SNMP (Version 1,Version 2, and Version 3) IronView Network Manager AAA Authentication Local passwords RADIUS SSHv2 Secure Copy (SCP) TACACS/TACACS+ User accounts 802.1x: All EAP types, including MD5, TLS, TTLS, and PEAP Multi-device port authentication Note: Telnet, SSH, Web and SNMP servers are disabled by default, and can be enabled selectively. There are no CLI commands for CPU protection. The BigIron RX forwards unknown unicast, broadcast, and multicast packets in hardware; therefore, the CPU is automatically protected from having to handle too many packets. IronWare Software Release 02.8.00 for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches Release Notes v 1.0 Page 7 of 37

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IronWare Software Release 02.8.00
for Brocade BigIron RX Series Swtches
Release Notes v 1.0
Page 7 of 37
Table 2: Supported features for R02.8.00
Category
Feature description
System level features
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
Allows you to configure a Brocade device to intercept and display the
contents of CDP packets. This feature is useful for learning device and
interface information for Cisco devices in the network.
CLI Logging
Allows the logging of all valid CLI commands from each user session into
the system log.
Denial of Service (DoS) protection
Protection from SYN attacks
Protection from Smurf attacks
Foundry Discovery Protocol (FDP)
Enables Foundry devices to advertise themselves to other Foundry devices on
the network.
High Availability
OS Layer 2 Hitless Software Upgrade
Management Options
Serial and Telnet access to industry-standard Command Line Interface (CLI)
Secure Shell (SSH) version 2 (v2)
TFTP
Web-based GUI
SNMP (Version 1,Version 2, and Version 3)
IronView Network Manager
Security
AAA Authentication
Local passwords
RADIUS
SSHv2
Secure Copy (SCP)
TACACS/TACACS+
User accounts
802.1x: All EAP types, including MD5, TLS, TTLS, and PEAP
Multi-device port authentication
Note:
Telnet, SSH, Web and SNMP servers are disabled by default, and can
be enabled selectively.
CPU protection
There are no CLI commands for CPU protection. The BigIron RX forwards
unknown unicast, broadcast, and multicast packets in hardware; therefore, the
CPU is automatically protected from having to handle too many packets.