Aggregation Switch MES3300-24F

Overview
Specifications
Reviews
Key features
  • Bandwidth up to 128 Gbps
  • Non-blocking architecture
  • 4 × 10G ports in basic configuration
  • L3 functions
  • Stacking up to 8 devices
  • Hot-swappable redundant power supplies
  • Dual ventilation system
  • Front-to-Back cooling
The new generation switches can be used in service provider networks as aggregation or transport switches. They ensure high performance due to the interfaces operating at speeds of 10 Gbps or 1 Gbps.

MES aggregation switches’ feature set includes advanced L2 functions, static routing, dynamic routing, stacking of up to 8 devices, redundant and hot swappable power supplies.
Interfaces
  • 1000BASE-X/100BASE-FX (SFP) - 20
  • 10/100/1000BASE-T/1000BASE-X/100BASE-FX Combo - 4
  • 10GBASE-R (SFP+)/1000BASE-X (SFP) - 4
  • 10/100/1000BASE-T (OOB) - 1
  • Console port RS-232 (RJ-45) - 1
Performance
  • Bandwidth - 128 Gbps
  • Throughput for 64 bytes¹ - 95.2 MPPS
  • Buffer memory - 1.5 MB
  • RAM (DDR4) - 2 GB
  • ROM (RAW NAND) - 512 MB
  • MAC table - 16384
  • ARP table2 - 4087
  • VLAN table - 4094
  • L2 Multicast groups - 4092
  • SQinQ rules - 1320 (ingress), 1320 (egress)
  • MAC ACL rules - 3000
  • IPv4/IPv6 ACL rules - 2999/1500
  • L3 IPv4 Unicast routes³ - 13278
  • L3 IPv6 Unicast routes³ - 3316
  • L3 IPv4 Multicast (IGMP Proxy, PIM) routes³ - 4087
  • L3 IPv6 Multicast (IGMP Proxy, PIM) routes³ - 1642
  • VRRP routers - 255
  • Maximum size of ECMP groups - 5
  • VRF number - 16 (including default VRF)
  • L3 interfaces - 2050
  • Link Aggregation Groups (LAG) - 32, up to 8 ports per LAG
  • Quality of Service (QoS) - 8 egress queues per port
  • Jumbo frames size - 10240 bytes
  • Stacking - 8 devices
Interface features
  • Head-of-line blocking (HOL) protection
  • Back pressure
  • Auto MDI/MDIX
  • Jumbo frames
  • Flow Control (IEEE 802.3X)
  • Port Mirroring (SPAN, RSPAN)
МAC address functions
  • Independent learning mode per VLAN
  • MAC Multicast Support
  • Configurable aging time of MAC addresses
  • Static MAC Entries
  • MAC Flapping
VLAN functions
  • Voice VLAN
  • 802.1Q
  • Q-in-Q
  • Selective Q-in-Q
  • GVRP
L2 Multicast functions
  • Multicast groups
  • Static Multicast groups
  • IGMP Snooping v1,2,3
  • Host/port-based IGMP Snooping Fast Leave
  • PIM-Snooping
  • IGMP proxy-report
  • IGMP authorization through RADIUS
  • MLD Snooping v1,2
  • IGMP Querier
  • MVR
L2 functions
  • STP (Spanning Tree Protocol, IEEE 802.1d)
  • RSTP (Rapid Spaning Tree Protocol, IEEE 802.1w)
  • MSTP (Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, IEEE802.1s)
  • PVSTP+
  • RPVSTP+
  • Spanning Tree Fast Link option
  • STP Root Guard
  • BPDU Filtering
  • STP BPDU Guard
  • Loopback Detection
  • ERPS (G.8032v2)
  • Flex-link
  • Private VLAN
  • Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling (L2PT)
L3 functions
  • Static IP routes
  • Dynamic routing protocols RIPv2, OSPFv2, OSPFv3, IS-IS (IPv4 Unicast), BGP4 (IPv4 Unicast, IPv4 Multicast)
  • BFD protocols (for BGP)
  • Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
  • Proxy ARP
  • VRRP
  • Multicast dynamic routing protocols PIM SM, PIM DM, IGMP Proxy, MSDP
  • ECMP Load Balancing
  • IP Unnumbered
  • VRF lite
Link Aggregation functions
  • LAG groups creation
  • LACP
  • LAG Balancing Algorithm
  • Multi-Switch Link Aggregation Group (MLAG)
IPv6 functions
  • IPv6 Host
  • Dual-stack IPv4, IPv6
Service functions
  • Virtual Cable Tester (VCT)
  • Optical transceiver diagnostics
  • Green Ethernet
Security functions
  • Protection against unauthorized DHCP servers (DHCP Snooping)
  • DHCP option 82
  • IP Source Guard
  • Dynamic ARP Inspection
  • First Hop Security
  • sFlow
  • MAC-based authentication, Port Security, static MAC entries
  • Port-based authentication IEEE 802.1x
  • Guest VLAN
  • DoS attack prevention
  • Traffic segmentation
  • DHCP clients filtering
  • BPDU attack prevention
  • NetBIOS/NetBEUI filtering
Quality of Service (QoS)
  • QoS statistics
  • Shaping, Policing
  • IEEE 802.1р Class of Service
  • Storm control for different traffics (broadcast, multicast, unknown unicast)
  • Bandwidth management
  • Strict Priority and Weighted Round Robin (WRR) scheduling algorithms
  • Three marking colors
  • ACL-based CoS/DSCP assignment
  • ACL-based VLAN assignment
  • Setting the IEEE 802.1p priority for management VLAN
  • DSCP to CoS, CoS to DSCP remarking
  • 802.1p, DSCP mark assignment for IGMP
OAM
  • 802.3ah Ethernet Link OAM
  • 802.3ah Unidirectional Link Detection
Access Control Lists (ACL)
  • L2-L3-L4 ACL (Access Control List)
  • Time-Based ACL
  • IPv6 ACL
  • ACL based on:
    • Switch port
    • 802.1p
    • VLAN ID
    • EtherType
    • DSCP
    • Protocol type
    • TCP/UDP port number
    • User Defined Bytes
Management functions
  • Configuration file download and upload via TFTP/SCP
  • SNMP
  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Web interface
  • Syslog
  • SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol)
  • Traceroute
  • LLDP (802.1ab) + LLDP MED
  • Access control — privilege levels for users
  • Management interface blocking
  • Local authentication