Cisco Systems 2950SX-48, 2950SX-24, 2950-24, 2950T-48, 2950-12 manual Feature

Feature

Ease of use and deployment

Benefit

•Cisco Express Setup:

–Simplifies initial configuration of a switch via a Web browser, eliminating the need for more complex terminal emulation programs and CLI knowledge.

–Reduces the cost of deployment by enabling less-skilled personnel to set up switches quickly and simply.

•Auto-configuration eases deployment of switches in the network by automatically configuring multiple switches across a network using a bootp server.

•Autosensing on each port detects the speed of the attached device and automatically configures the port for 10- or 100-Mbps operation, easing the deployment of the switch in mixed-speed environments.

•Auto-negotiating on all ports automatically selects half- or full-duplex transmission mode to optimize bandwidth.

•Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) allows the creation of Ethernet channeling with devices that conform to IEEE 802.3ad. This is similar to Cisco EtherChannel and PagP.

•Cisco Discovery Protocol versions 1 and 2 enable a CiscoWorks network management station to automatically discover the switch in a network topology.

•Cisco VTP supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic trunk configuration across all switches.

•Support for dynamic VLAN assignment through implementation of VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS) client functions provides flexibility in assigning ports to VLANs.

•Voice VLAN simplifies telephony installations by keeping voice traffic on a separate VLAN for easier network administration and troubleshooting.

•The default configuration stored in Flash memory ensures that the switch can be quickly connected to the network and can pass traffic with minimal user intervention.

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