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Scott Keelerd9668e72018-09-06 07:52:59 -04007This section identifies the features associated with Layer 2:
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John DeNisco06dcd452018-07-26 12:45:10 -04009MAC Layer
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11* Ethernet
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13Discovery
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15* Cisco Discovery Protocol
16* Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
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18Link Layer Control Protocol
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20* Bit Index Explicit Replication Link Layer Multi-cast forwarding.
21* Link Layer Control (LLC) - multiplex protocols over the MAC layer.
22* Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP)
23* High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC)
24* Logical link control (LLC)
25* Link Agg Control Protocol (Active/Active, Active/Passive) 18.04
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27Virtual Private Networks
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29* MPLS
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31 * MPLS-o-Ethernet Deep label stacks supported
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33* Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
34* VLAN
35* Q-in-Q
36* Tag-rewrite (VTR) - push/pop/Translate (1:1,1:2, 2:1,2:2)
37* Ethernet flow point Filtering
38* Layer 2 Cross Connect
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40Bridging
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42* Bridge Domains
43* MAC Learning (50k addresses)
44* Split-horizon group support
45* Flooding
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47ARP
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49* Proxy
50* Termination
51* Bidirectional Forwarding Detection
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53Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)
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55* Flexibility to both route and switch between groups of ports.
56* Bridged Virtual Interface (BVI) Support, allows traffic switched traffic to be routed.
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