Cisco Systems 3130 Deployment Features

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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter1 Overview Features
Deployment Features
The switch ships with these features:
•Express Setup for quickly configuring a switch for the first time with basic IP inform ation, contact
information, switch and Telnet passwords, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SN M P)
information through a browser-based program. For more information about Exp re ss Set up, se e t he
getting started guide.
•User-defined and Cisco-default Smartports macros for creating custom switch configurations for
simplified deployment across the network.
•An embedded device manager GUI for configuring and monitoring a single switch through a web
browser. For information about starting the device manager, see the getting started guide. For more
information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
•Cisco Network Assistant (referred to as Network Assistant) for
– Managing communities, which are device groups like clus ter s, except tha t they ca n co nt ain
routers and access points and can be made more secure.
– Simplifying and minimizing switch and switch stack management f rom a nywhere in yo ur
intranet.
– Accomplishing multiple configuration tasks from a single graphical interface without needing
to remember command-line interface (CLI) commands to accomplish specific tasks.
– Interactive guide mode that guides you in configuring complex features such as VLAN s, ACLs,
and quality of service (QoS).
– Configuration wizards that prompt you to provide only the minimum requ ire d in for mat ion to
configure complex features such as QoS priorities for video traffic, priority levels for data
applications, and security.
– Downloading an image to a switch.
– Applying actions to multiple ports and multiple switches at the same time, such as VLAN and
QoS settings, inventory and statistic reports, link- and switch-level monitoring and
troubleshooting, and multiple switch software upgrades.
– Viewing a topology of interconnected devices to identify existing switch clusters and eligible
switches that can join a cluster and to identify link information between switches.
– Monitoring real-time status of a switch or multiple switches from the LEDs on the front-panel
images. The system and port LED colors on the images are similar to those u sed on t he physic al
LEDs.
•Cisco StackWise Plus technology for
– Connecting up to nine switches through their StackWise Plus ports that opera te as a si ngle
switch or switch-router in the network.
– Creating a bidirectional 32-Gb/s switching fabric across the swit ch s tac k, wi th a ll st ack
members having full access to the system bandwidth.
– Using a single IP address and configuration file to manage the e ntire swi tch sta ck.
– Automatic Cisco IOS version-check of new stack members with the option to automatically load
images from the stack master or from a TFTP server.
– Adding, removing, and replacing switches in the stack without disrupting the operation of the
stack.