1-13
Catalyst 3560 Switch Software Configuration Guide
OL-8553-06
Chapter 1 Overview
Features
Nonstop forwarding (NSF) awareness to enable the Layer 3 switch to continue forwarding packets
from an NSF-capable neighboring router when the primary route processor (RP) is failing and the
backup RP is taking over, or when the primary RP is manually reloaded for a nondisruptive software
upgrade (requires the IP services image)
The ability to exclude a port in a VLAN from the SVI line-state up or down calculation
Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) routing supports dynamic routing protocols for
Connectionless Network Service (CLNS) networks.\
Power over Ethernet Features
Ability to provide power to connected Cisco pre-standard and IEEE 802.3af-compliant powered
devices from Power over Ethernet (PoE)-capable ports if the switch detects that there is no power
on the circuit.
Support for CDP with power consumption. The powered device notifies the switch of the amount of
power it is consuming.
Support for Cisco intelligent power management. The powered device and the switch negotiate
through power-negotiation CDP messages for an agreed power-consumption level. The negotiation
allows a high-power Cisco powered device to operate at its highest power mode.
Automatic detection and power budgeting; the switch maintains a power budget, monitors and tracks
requests for power, and grants power only when it is available.
Support for HSRP Version 2 (HSRPv2)
Monitoring Features
EOT and IP SLAs EOT static route support identify when a preconfigured static route or a DHCP
route goes down
Embedded event manager (EEM) for device and system management to monitor key system events
and then act on them though a policy (requires the IP services image)
Switch LEDs that provide port- and switch-level status
MAC address notification traps and RADIUS accounting for tracking users on a network by storing
the MAC addresses that the switch has learned or removed
Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN) for traffic monitoring on any port or
VLAN
SPAN and RSPAN support of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to monitor, repel, and report
network security violations
Four groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) of embedded RMON agents for network
monitoring and traffic analysis
Syslog facility for logging system messages about authentication or authorization errors, resource
issues, and time-out events
Layer 2 traceroute to identify the physical path that a packet takes from a source device to a
destination device