Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Command Reference Guide

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Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference—Release IOS XE 3.4.0SG and IOS 15.1(2)SG)
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Chapter 2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
switch virtual link (virtual switch)
switch virtual link (virtual switch)
To associate a switch to an interface, use the switch virtual link command in interface configuration
mode.
switch virutal link switch-number
Syntax Description
Defaults The interfaces are not associated by default.
Command Modes Interface configuration (config-if)
Command History
Usage Guidelines The virtual switch link (VSL) is configured with a unique port channel on each chassis. You must add
the VSL physical ports to the port channel. The VSL channel group must contain a minimum of two
ports.
Examples The following example shows how to associate switch 2 to a port channel:
Router-2(config)# interface port-channel 20
Router-2(config-if)# switch virtual link 2
Router-2(config-if)#
switch-umber Switch number; valid values are 1 and 2.
Release Modification
Cisco IOS XE 3.4.0SG and
15.1(2)SG
Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series
switch.

Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Specifications

General

Series	Catalyst 4500 Series
Category	Switch
Layer Support	Layer 2, Layer 3
Form Factor	Modular chassis
Stackable	No
Chassis Slots	3, 6, 7, 10
Power Supply Options	AC, DC
Redundancy	Power supply, Supervisor engine
Network Management	Cisco IOS Software CLI, SNMP, Cisco Prime Infrastructure
Features	Security, QoS
Port Density	Up to 384 ports per chassis
Security Features	802.1X, ACLs, DHCP Snooping, Dynamic ARP Inspection, IP Source Guard
Supervisor Engine	8-E