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This document describes best practices for deploying your Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series and Cisco
Catalyst 3650 Series switches.
Note Unless otherwise noted, the term switch refers to a standalone Catalyst 3850 switch, a Catalyst 3650
switch, or a switch stack.
A Cisco switch deployment best practice is a preferred configuration method to employ on your Catalyst
switches. It is a proven and tested way to improve network security, performance, and availability.
A best practice configuration includes an explanation of why you should perform a given task and a
sample snapshot of a full running configuration that you can extrapolate for your specific scenario.
Tip Use the configuration recommendations in this document as a template for your switch deployments.
Note Many Cisco documents are available that define best practices for a variety of features and solutions.
There will be some overlap between the information provided in this guide and other best practices and
deployment guides. When relevant, this document references other existing documents so the reader can
get a deeper understanding of an aspect of the 3850 operation. Otherwise, this document is
self-contained, and provides complete best practice configuration.
Configuration Tool
The configuration examples in this document use the Cisco IOS CLI configuration tool, which is the
most common tool used to configure a switch.
However, you do have the flexibility to use a different tool to perform switch configuration. Other
configuration tools are the Express Setup, Device Manager, and Cisco Prime.
The examples provided in this document show the CLI commands that you should execute on your
switch. You must replace the blue italicized example values with your own values.
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