Chapter 1 Overview

Features

Switch clustering technology for

Unified configuration, monitoring, authentication, and software upgrade of multiple, cluster-capable switches, regardless of their geographic proximity and interconnection media, including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Fast EtherChannel, small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules, Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit EtherChannel, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, and 10-Gigabit EtherChannel connections. For a list of cluster-capable switches, see the release notes.

Automatic discovery of candidate switches and creation of clusters of up to 16 switches that can be managed through a single IP address.

Extended discovery of cluster candidates that are not directly connected to the command switch.

Performance Features

The switch ships with these performance features:

Autosensing of port speed and autonegotiation of duplex mode on all switch ports for optimizing bandwidth

Automatic-medium-dependent interface crossover (auto-MDIX) capability on 10/100- and 10/100/1000-Mb/s interfaces and on 10/100/1000 BASE-TX SFP module interfaces that enables the interface to automatically detect the required cable connection type (straight-through or crossover) and to configure the connection appropriately

Support for the maximum packet size or maximum transmission unit (MTU) size for these types of frames:

Up to 9216 bytes for routed frames

Up to 9216 bytes for frames that are bridged in hardware and software through Gigabit Ethernet ports and 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports

IEEE 802.3x flow control on all ports (the switch does not send pause frames)

Up to 64 Gb/s of throughput in a Catalyst 3750-E-only switch stack

Up to 68 Gb/s of throughput on a Catalyst 3560-E switch

EtherChannel for enhanced fault tolerance and for providing up to 8 Gb/s (Gigabit EtherChannel) or 80 Gb/s (10-Gigabit EtherChannel) full-duplex bandwidth among switches, routers, and servers

Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for automatic creation of EtherChannel links

Forwarding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 packets at Gigabit line rate

Forwarding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 packets at Gigabit line rate across the switches in the stack

Per-port storm control for preventing broadcast, multicast, and unicast storms

Port blocking on forwarding unknown Layer 2 unknown unicast, multicast, and bridged broadcast traffic

Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) server support and Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping for IGMP Versions 1, 2, and 3:

(For CGMP devices) CGMP for limiting multicast traffic to specified end stations and reducing overall network traffic

(For IGMP devices) IGMP snooping for efficiently forwarding multimedia and multicast traffic

IGMP report suppression for sending only one IGMP report per multicast router query to the multicast devices (supported only for IGMPv1 or IGMPv2 queries)

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