Cisco Systems 3750E manual Overview Features

Chapter 1 Overview

Features

•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 clusters, except that they can contain routers and access points and can be made more secure.

–Simplifying and minimizing switch, Catalyst 3750-E and 3750 switch stack, and switch cluster management from anywhere in your 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 VLANs, ACLs, and quality of service (QoS).

–Configuration wizards that prompt you to provide only the minimum required information 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, redundant power system (RPS), and port LED colors on the images are similar to those used on the physical LEDs.

•Cisco StackWise Plus technology on Catalyst 3750-E switches for

–Connecting up to nine switches through their StackWise Plus ports that operate as a single switch or switch-router in the network.

–Creating a bidirectional 32-Gb/s switching fabric across the switch stack, with all stack members having full access to the system bandwidth.

–Using a single IP address and configuration file to manage the entire switch stack.

–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.

–Provisioning a new member for a switch stack with the offline configuration feature. You can configure in advance the interface configuration for a specific stack member number and for a specific switch type of a new switch that is not part of the stack. The switch stack retains this information across stack reloads whether or not the provisioned switch is part of the stack.

–Displaying stack-ring activity statistics (the number of frames sent by each stack member to the ring).

For information about the stacking interactions in Catalyst 3750-E and 3750 mixed switch stacks, see the Cisco Software Activation and Compatibility Document on Cisco.com

Catalyst 3750-E and 3560-E Switch Software Configuration Guide

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