Next Generation Workgroup Switch Requirements


o  24 ports auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps half/full duplex ethernet. RJ-45 media
   supports 802.3u auto-negotiation

o Minimum of 2 highspeed uplinks provide by modular transceiver ports.
  These ports will support 100BaseTX,FX half/full duplex or 1000BaseSX,LX
  using SC connectors.

o  LED indicators showing per port link state, speed, duplex, and activity
   power and self-test/diagnostics.

o  port mirroring of multiple ports to a single port for monitoring purposes. 

o  SNMP management (MIB I,II) support, RMON support ( At least the first
   four ROMON groups, simultaneous on all ports)

o  Switch should be telnet accessible with two levels of password
   security; i.e. a different password for read access vs. modify access.

o  Console port with two levels of password security, as above.

o  Switch fabric should be able support two 1000BaseT and 24 100BaseT
   port at media rates. 

o  Support for 1024-8192 MAC address capacity is desirable.

o  Support for port trunking to load share using multible ports 
   between a pair of boxes is desirable.  This is to protect against
   PHY level failures and to load share.

o  Support for 802.1p, 802.1Q and 802.1x standards for QoS/prioritization,
   VLANs, and flow control (respectively). 

o  Option to manually set percentage bandwidth allocated for high priorty
   traffic on a per-port basis to ensure that low priorty traffic is
   serviced.

o  Multicast support via at least IGMP and secondarily via 802.1Q.
   (This is to prevent the switch from having to flood multicast packets
   to all ports.)

o  All network connections, console port, power, LED indicators should be
   on one side of the chassis. The Gigabit uplink option module can be
   inserted on the opposite side, but the actual Gigabit uplink
   connections need to be transceiver modules on the side where the rest
   of the network connections are.

o  Mounting hardware should be attachable from both side ends to
   accommodate mounting from either front or back for rack or wall
   mounting edge-on or flat to wall.

o  Menu driven interface on console and telnet sessions for switch
   configuration and port status reporting. Must be able to view all ports
   at once or at least able to scroll up or down to view or to make
   changes to each port.  (A web-based interface is a fine option, but
   does not remove the requirement for a line-mode interface.)

o  Switch must support TFTP and flash memory for inband OS upgrades.