Sophos Switch

Sophos Switch software features

Sophos Switch Series: Features and 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)
Sophos Central switch stacking	All models (requires a valid Sophos support subscription)
Switch auto-discovery	All models
Dynamic VLAN configuration	All models (GVRP)
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
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 configuration
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 Series only
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 Multi-Gigabit Ethernet	All models that support 2.5 GE and above
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 Guard	All models (Uses 1 ACL group if enabled)
IEEE 802.1x Authentication Port-Based	All 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) compliance	All models
MAC address filtering	All models
Priority tag - packet ingress filtering	All models

Quality of service	Feature availability by model
IEEE 802.1p Priority Queuing	All models
IP TOS/DSCP Priority Queuing	All models
Continuous Power over Ethernet (PoE)	All models with PoE except CS101-8FP

Managing	Feature availability by model
IPv4 and IPv6 Management IP Assignment Supports DHCP or Static Address	All models
SSH	All models
HTTPS	All models
SNMP v1/v2c/v3	All models
SSH, Web Interface, and REST API	All models
Sophos Central	All 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 MIB	All 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