Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
2 Switch Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 52
System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Management of Basic Network Information. . . . 54
IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
File Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Switch Database Management Templates. . . . . 55
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CDP Interoperability through ISDP
. . . . . . . . . 56
Remote Monitoring (RMON) . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
High Port Count
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57