Sophos Switch Software Features

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Sophos Switch Series: Software Features

All Sophos switches offer a broad feature set and extensive configuration options.

Management and Configuration Feature Availability by Model
Active Threat Response
Integration with Sophos MDR/XDR

All models (requires a valid Sophos support subscription)

Switch Auto-Discovery

All models

Dynamic VLAN Configuration

All models (GVRP)

IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridging/STP (RSTP-Compatible)

All models

Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs), # of Ports Supported

All models, up to 8

LAG Size

All models, 8

IGMP Snooping

All models

Static Routing

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)

802.1x Authentication

All models

802.1x MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB): Host, Port, and Fallback

All models

Syslog Collection

All models

IP/MAC ACL

All models

Jumbo Frames

Yes
CS101-8/8FP: Size 9K, per system setting
Other models: Size 10K, per port setting

Auto Negotiation for Port Speed and Duplex

All models

MDI/MDIX Auto-Crossover

All models

IEEE 802.1D MAC Bridging/Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)

All models

IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)

All models

IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)

All models

Edge Port/Port Fast

All models

IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Tagging

All models

Guest VLAN and Voice VLAN

All models

IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

All models

Unicast/Multicast Traffic Balance over Trunk Port

All models

IEEE 802.1AX Link Aggregation

All models

Spanning Tree Instances (MSTP/CST)

All models

IEEE 802.3x Flow Control and Back Pressure

All models

IEEE 802.3 10Base-T

Sophos Switch 100 Seriesonly

IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX

All models

IEEE 802.3z 1000Base-SX/LX

All models

IEEE 802.3ab 1000Base-T

All models

IEEE 802.3bz Gigabit Ethernet

All models

IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications

All models

Storm Control

All models

Port Mirroring

All models

DHCP Relay

All models

Security and Visibility Feature Availability by Model
Max. ACL Groups 128 for all models
Max. ACL Entries Per Group 2 for CS101-8/8FP; 8 for all other models
IP Source GuardAll models
(Uses 1 ACL group if enabled)
IEEE 802.1x Authentication Port-BasedAll models
IEEE 802.1x Guest VLAN All models
IEEE 802.1ab Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) All models
IEEE 802.1ab LLDP-MED LLDP MED PoE models only
DHCP Snooping All models
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) ComplianceAll models
MAC Address FilteringAll models
Priority Tag - Packet Ingress FilteringAll models
Quality of Service Feature Availability by Model
IEEE 802.1p Priority QueuingAll models
IP TOS/DSCP Priority QueuingAll models

 

ManagementFeature Availability by Model
IPv4 and IPv6 Management 
IP Assignment Supports DHCP or Static Address
All models
SSHAll models
HTTPSAll models
SNMP v1/v2c/v3 All models
SSH, Web Interface, and REST API All models
Sophos CentralAll models

 

RFC and MIB Support Feature Availability by Model
DHCP Client  All models
RFC 854 Telnet Server All models
RFC 2865 RADIUS (for 802.1x Authentication)All models
RFC 1643 Ethernet MIBAll models
RFC 1213 MIB-II All models
RFC 1157 SNMPv1/v2c All models
RFC 2618 RADIUS Authentication Client MIB All models
RFC 1493 Bridge MIB All models