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Manageability
• Cisco IOS CLI support provides common user interface and command set with all Cisco
routers and Cisco desktop switches.
• Supported by the Cisco QPM solution for end-to-end QoS policies
• Supported by the Service Assurance (SA) Agent to facilitate service level management
throughout the LAN.
• Switch Database Manager templates for access, routing, and VLAN deployment scenarios
allow the network administrator to easily maximize memory allocation to the desired
features based on deployment-specific requirements.
• VLAN trunks can be created from any port using either standards-based 802.1Q tagging or
the Cisco ISL VLAN architecture.
• Support for up to 1,005 VLANs per switch and up to 128 instances of spanning tree per
switch.
• Voice VLAN simplifies telephony installations by keeping voice traffic on a separate VLAN
for easier network administration and troubleshooting.
• Cisco VTP supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic trunk configuration across all switches.
• Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) server functionality enables a switch to serve as
the CGMP router for CGMP client switches—requires EMI.
• IGMP snooping provides for fast client joins and leaves of multicast streams and limits
bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requestors.
• Embedded Remote Monitoring (RMON) software agent supports four RMON groups
(History, Statistics, Alarms and Events) for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and
analysis.
• Support for all nine RMON groups through use of a SPAN port, which permits traffic
monitoring of a single port, a group of ports, or the entire switch from a single network
analyzer or RMON probe.
• Remote Switch Port Analyzer (RSPAN) allows network administrators to remotely monitor
ports in a Layer 2 switch network from any other switch in the same network.
• Domain Name Services (DNS) provide IP address resolution with user-defined device
names.
• Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) reduces the cost of administering software upgrades by
downloading from a centralized location.
• Network Timing Protocol (NTP) provides an accurate and consistent timestamp to all
switches within the intranet.
• Layer 2 traceroute eases troubleshooting by identifying the physical path that a packet takes
from the source device to a destination device.
• Multifunction LEDs per port for port status, half-duplex/full-duplex, 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/
1000BASE-T indication, as well as switch-level status LEDs for system, redundant power
supply, and bandwidth utilization provide a comprehensive and convenient visual
management system.
Table 1 Product Features and Benefits (Continued)
Feature Benefit
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