Sophos Switch Software Features
Sophos Switch Series: Software Features
All Sophos switches offer a broad feature set and extensive configuration options from the very first release.
| Management and Configuration | Feature Availability by Model |
|---|---|
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Switch Auto-Discovery |
Yes - all models |
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Dynamic VLAN Configuration |
Yes (GVRP) - all models |
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IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridging/STP (RSTP compatible) |
Yes - all models |
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LAG group size [up to 8] |
8 - all models |
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Total Link Aggregation Groups [Up to # of ports ] |
8 - all models |
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IGMP Snooping |
Yes - all models |
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Static Routing |
Yes - all models (IPv4: 59 entries for static route, 4 entries for interface route and 1 entry for default route.) (IPv6: 5 entries for static route, 16 entries for interface route and 1 entry for default route.) |
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802.1x Authentication |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1x Authentication MAC Access Bypass (MAB) - Host, port, and fallback |
Yes - all models |
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Syslog Collection |
Yes - all models |
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IP/MAC ACL |
Yes - all models |
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Jumbo Frames |
Yes (CS101-8/8FP: size 9K, per system setting) (other models: size 10K, per port setting) |
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Auto negotiation for Port Speed and Duplex |
Yes - all models |
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MDI/MDIX Auto-crossover |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridging/STP |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) |
Yes - all models |
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Edge Port / Port Fast |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging |
Yes - all models |
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Guest VLAN and Voice VLAN |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation with LACP |
Yes - all models |
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Unicast/Multicast traffic balance over trunk port |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1AX Link Aggregation |
Yes - all models |
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Spanning Tree Instances (MSTP/CST) |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3x Flow Control and Back-pressure |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3 10Base-T |
Yes - for 100 series only (not supported on 200 series) |
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IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3bz Gigabit Ethernet support |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications |
Yes - all models |
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Storm Control |
Yes - all models |
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Port Mirroring |
Yes - all models |
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DHCP Relay |
Yes - all models |
| Security and Visibility | Feature Availability by Model |
|---|---|
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Max. ACL Groups |
128 for all models |
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Max. ACL entries per group |
2 for CS101-8/8FP, 8 for all other models |
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IP Source Guard* |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1x authentication Port-based |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1x Guest VLAN |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) |
Yes - all models |
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IEEE 802.1ab LLDP-MED |
Yes - LLDP MED PoE models only |
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DHCP-Snooping |
Yes - all models |
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Cisco-compliant Discovery Protocol |
Yes - all models |
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MAC Address Filtering |
Yes - all models |
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Priority Tag - Packet Ingress Filtering |
Yes - all models |
| Quality of Service | Feature Availability by Model |
|---|---|
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IEEE 802.1p Based Priority Queuing |
Yes - all models |
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IP TOS/DSCP Based Priority Queuing |
Yes - all models |
| Management | Feature Availability by Model |
|---|---|
| IPv4 and IPv6 Management IP assignment supports DHCP or Static address. |
Yes - all models |
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SSH |
Yes - all models |
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HTTPS |
Yes - all models |
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SNMP v1/v2c/v3 |
Yes - all models |
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SSH, Web Interface, and REST API |
Yes - all models |
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Sophos Central |
Yes - all models |
| RFC and MIB Support | Feature Availability by Model |
|---|---|
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DHCP Client |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 854 Telnet Server |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 2865 RADIUS (for 802.1x authentication) |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 1643 Ethernet-like Interface MIB |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 1213 MIB-II |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 1157 SNMPv1/v2c |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 2618 RADIUS Authentication Client MIB |
Yes - all models |
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RFC 1493 Bridge MIB |
Yes - all models |