47Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 Version 1.2FeaturesThe Business Policy Switch 2000 provides wire-speed switching that allowshigh-performance, low-cost connections to full-duplex and half-duplex10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet local area networks (LANs). The Business PolicySwitch provides the features detailed in the following sections:• Introduced with software version 1.2— “CLI management system” on page 48— “Increased VLANs” on page 48— “Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol groups” on page 49— “ASCII configuration file” on page 53— “IP manager list” on page 56• Introduced with software version 1.1— “Policy-enabled networks with QoS metering” on page 57— “Support for the GBIC MDA” on page 57— “EAPOL-based security” on page 58— “Automatic PVID” on page 59— “Tabular port statistics” on page 61— “Ability to ping” on page 61— “Improved STP Fast Learning Mode” on page 61— “BootP menu item for a stack of only BPS 2000 switches” on page 62• Introduced with software version 1.0— “Policy-enabled networking” on page 62— “Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)” on page 63— “Security” on page 66— “Flash memory storage” on page 76— “MultiLink Trunking” on page 77— “Port mirroring (conversation steering)” on page 78— “Autosensing and autonegotiation” on page 78— “BootP automatic IP configuration/MAC address” on page 79
