Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2 Switch Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 56
System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Management of Basic Network Information. . . . 57
IPv6 Management Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Switch Database Management Templates
. . . . . 58
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
sFlow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CDP Interoperability through ISDP . . . . . . . . . 60
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stacking Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
High Stack Count
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
