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Catalyst 2960 and 2960-S Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
• In-band management access through the device manager over a Netsca pe Navigator or Microsoft
Internet Explorer browser session
• In-band management access for up to 16 simultaneous Telnet connections for multiple CLI-based
sessions over the network
• In-band management access for up to five simultaneous, encrypted Secure Shell ( SSH) connections
for multiple CLI-based sessions over the network
• In-band management access through SNMP Versions 1, 2c, and 3 get and set requests
• Out-of-band management access through the switch console port to a directly attached terminal or
to a remote terminal through a serial connection or a modem
• Out-of-band management access through the Ethernet management port to a PC (Catalyst
2960-only)
• Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) feature to provide a secure and authenticated method for copying
switch configuration or switch image files (requires the cryptographic version of the software)
• Configuration replacement and rollback to replace the running configuration on a switch with any
saved Cisco IOS configuration file
• The HTTP client in Cisco IOS supports can send requests to both IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP server, and
the HTTP server in Cisco IOS can service HTTP requests from both IPv4 a nd IPv6 HTTP clients
• Simple Network and Management Protocol (SNMP) can be configured over IPv6 transport so that
an IPv6 host can send SNMP queries and receive SNMP notifications from a d evice running IPv6
• IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration to manage link, subnet, and site a ddressing changes, such as
management of host and mobile IP addresses
• Disabling MAC address learning on a VLAN
• DHCP server port-based address allocation for the preassignment of an IP address to a switch port.
• Wired location service sends location and attachment tracking information for connected devices to
a Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE)
Note To use wired location, the switch must be running the LAN Base image.
• CPU utilization threshold trap monitors CPU utilization
Note To use CPU utilization, the switch must be running the LAN Base image.
• LLDP-MED network-policy profile time, length, value (TLV) for creating a profile for voice and
voice-signalling by specifying the values for VLAN, class of service (CoS), differentiated services
code point (DSCP), and tagging mode
Note Supported on all images in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE.
• Support for including a hostname in the option 12 field of DHCPDISCOVER packets. This provides
identical configuration files to be sent by using the DHCP protocol
• DHCP Snooping enhancement to support the selection of a fixed string-bas ed format for the
circuit-id sub-option of the Option 82 DHCP field
• Increased support for LLPD-MED by allowing the switch to grant power to the power device (PD),
based on the power policy TLV request