Edge License Features

The Edge License includes both L2 switching and L3 routing features. The following table lists the features included in the Edge License. Edge license features

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Listed platforms that do not support this license support these features with a higher license level.
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ExtremeXOS Edge License Features

ExtremeXOS Software Feature Supported Platforms
Fabric Attach All platforms
EDP All platforms.
Extreme Network Virtualization (XNV) All platforms.
Identity Management All platforms.
LLDP 802.1ab All platforms.
LLDP-MED extensions All platforms.
VLANs—Port based and tagged trunks All platforms.
VLANs—MAC based All platforms.
VLANs—Protocol based All platforms.
VLANs—Private VLANs All platforms.
VLANs—VLAN translation All platforms.
VMANs—Q-in-Q tunneling (IEEE 802.1ad VMAN tunneling standard) All platforms.
VMANs—Egress queue selection based on 802.1p value in S‑tag All platforms.
VMANs—Egress queue selection based on 802.1p value in C‑tag All platforms.
VMANs—Secondary ethertype support All platforms.
VMAN Customer Edge Port (CEP—also known as Selective Q-in-Q) All platforms.
VMAN Customer Edge Port CVID Egress Filtering / CVID Translation All platforms.
VMAN—CNP port All platforms.
VMAN—CNP port, double tag support All platforms.
VMAN—CNP port, double tag with egress filtering All platforms.
L2 Ping / Traceroute 802.1ag All platforms.
Jumbo frames (including all related items, MTU disc. IP frag.) All platforms.
QoS—egress port rate shaping/limiting All platforms.
QoS—egress queue rate shaping/limiting All platforms.
Link Aggregation Groups (LAG), static 802.3ad All platforms.
LAG dynamic (802.3ad LACP) edge, to servers only! All platforms.
LAG (802.3ad LACP) core, between switches All platforms.
Port loopback detection and shutdown (ELRP CLI) All platforms.
Software redundant port All platforms.
STP 802.1D All platforms.
STP EMISTP + PVST+ Compatibility mode (1 domain per port) All platforms.
STP EMISTP, PVST+ Full (multi-domain support) All platforms.
STP 802.1s All platforms.
STP 802.1w All platforms.
ERPS (4 max rings with matching ring ports) All platforms.
ESRP aware All platforms.
EAPS edge (4 max domains with matching ring ports)
Note: You can increase the number of domains by upgrading to the Advanced Edge license (see Advanced Edge License Features).
All platforms.
Link Fault Signaling (LFS) All platforms.
ELSM (Extreme Link Status Monitoring) All platforms.
ACLs, applied on ingress ports
  • IPv4
  • Static
All platforms.
ACLs, applied on ingress ports
  • IPv6
  • Dynamic
All platforms.
ACLs, applied on egress ports All platforms.
ACLs, ingress meters All platforms.
ACLs, egress meters All platforms.
ACLs
  • Layer-2 protocol tunneling
  • Byte counters
All platforms.
Convergence End Point (CEP) detection All platforms.
CPU DoS protect All platforms.
CPU Monitoring All platforms.
Direct Attach—based on the IEEE version of VEPA, eliminates the virtual switch layer, simplifying the network and improving performance. Direct Attach enables data center simplification by reducing network tiers from four or five tiers to just two or three tiers, depending on the size of the data center. All platforms
SNMPv3 All platforms.
SSH2 server All platforms.
SSH2 client All platforms.
SCP/SFTP client All platforms.
SCP/SFTP server All platforms.
RADIUS and TACACS+ per command authentication All platforms.
Network login
  • Web based method
  • 802.1X method
  • MAC-based method
  • Local database for MAC/web-based methods
  • Integration with Microsoft NAP
  • Multiple supplicants - same VLAN
  • HTTPS/SSL for web-based method
All platforms.
Network login—Multiple supplicants - multiple VLANs All platforms.
Trusted OUI All platforms.
MAC security
  • Lockdown
  • Limit
All platforms.
IP security—DHCP Option 82—L2 mode All platforms.
IP security—DHCP Option 82—L2 mode VLAN ID All platforms.
IP security—DHCP IP lockdown All platforms.
IP security—Trusted DHCP server ports All platforms.
Static IGMP membership, IGMP filters All platforms.
IPv4 unicast L2 switching All platforms.
IPv4 multicast L2 switching All platforms.
IPv4 directed broadcast All platforms.

IPv4

  • Fast-direct broadcast
  • Ignore broadcast
All platforms.
IPv6 unicast L2 switching All platforms.
IPv6 multicast L2 switching All platforms.
IPv6 netTools—Ping, traceroute, BOOTP relay, DHCP, DNS, and SNTP. All platforms.
IPv4 netTools—Ping, traceroute, BOOTP relay, DHCP, DNS, NTP, and SNTP. All platforms.
IGMP v1/v2 snooping All platforms.
IGMP v3 snooping All platforms.
Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) All platforms.
Static MLD membership, MLD filters All platforms.
MLD v1 snooping All platforms.
MLD v2 snooping All platforms.
sFlow accounting All platforms.
CLI scripting All platforms.
Web-based device management All platforms.
Web based management—HTTPS/SSL support All platforms.
XML APIs (for partner integration) All platforms.
MIBs - Entity, for inventory All platforms.
Connectivity Fault Management (CFM) All platforms.
Remote mirroring All platforms.
Egress mirroring All platforms.
Y.1731 compliant frame delay and delay variance measurement All platforms.
MVRP - VLAN Topology Management All platforms.
EFM OAM - Unidirectional Link Fault Management All platforms.
CLEARFlow All platforms.
System virtual routers (VRs) All platforms.
DHCPv4:
  • DHCPv4 server
  • DHCv4 client
  • DHCPv4 relay
  • DHCPv4 smart relay
All platforms.
DHCPv6:
  • DHCPv6 relay
  • DHCPv6 prefix delegation snooping
  • DHCPv6 client
  • DHCPv6 smart relay
  • DHCPv6 remote ID
All platforms.

User-created Virtual Routers (VRs)

Virtual Router and Forwarding (VRF)

Summit X450-G2, X460-G2, X670-G2, X770, and ExtremeSwitching X870, X690
VLAN aggregation All platforms.
Multinetting for forwarding All platforms.

UDP Forwarding

All platforms.
UDP BootP relay forwarding All platforms.
IPv4 unicast routing, including static routes All platforms.
IPv4 multicast routing, including static routes
Note: This feature has limitations in the Edge and Advaned Edge licenses. See the ExtremeXOS 22.4 User Guide.
All platforms.
IPv4 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) All platforms.
IPv6 unicast routing, including static routes All platforms.
IPv6 interworking—IPv6-to-IPv4 and IPv6-in-IPv4 configured tunnels All platforms, except X620 and X440-G2.
IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) without CLI management All platforms.
IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection (DAD) with CLI management All platforms.
IP security:
  • DHCP Option 82—L3 mode
  • DHCP Option 82—L3 mode VLAN ID
  • Disable ARP learning
  • Gratuitous ARP protection
  • DHCP secured ARP / ARP validation
  • Source IP lockdown
All platforms.
IP address security:
  • DHCP snooping
  • Trusted DHCP server
  • Source IP lockdown
  • ARP validation
All platforms.
IP Flow Information Export (IPFIX) Summit X460-G2.
Multi-Switch Link Aggregation Group (MLAG) All platforms.
ONEPolicy All platforms.
Policy based routing (PBR) for IPv4 All platforms.
Policy based routing (PBR) for IPv6 All platforms.
PIM snooping
Note: This feature has limitations in the Edge and Advaned Edge licenses. See the ExtremeXOS 22.4 User Guide.
All platforms.
Protocol-based VLANs All platforms.
RIP v1/v2 All platforms.
RIPng All platforms.
Routing access policies All platforms.
Route maps All platforms.
Universal Port—VoIP auto configuration All platforms.
Universal Port—Dynamic user-based security policies All platforms.
Universal Port—Time-of-day policies All platforms.
SummitStack (switch stacking using native or dedicated ports) Summit X460-G2 with X460-G2-VIM-2SS optional card, and X450-G2.
SummitStack-V (switch stacking using dual purpose data ports) All platforms. See the specific models listed in the "Support for Alternate Stacking Ports" section of the ExtremeXOS 22.4 User Guide.
SyncE Summit X460-G2.
Python scripting All platforms.