Cisco Systems OL-8550-09 Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features

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Catalyst 3750 SwitchSoftware Configuration Guide
OL-8550-09
Chapter1 Overview
Features
Some features described in this chapter are available only on the cryptographic (supports encryption)
version of the software. You must obtain authorization to use this feature and to download the
cryptographic version of the software from Cisco.com. For more information, see the release notes for
this release.
•Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features, page 1-2
•Performance Features, page 1-4
•Management Options, page 1-5
•Manageability Features, page1-6
•Availability and Redundancy Features, page1-8
•VLAN Features, page 1-9
•Security Features, page 1-10
•QoS and CoS Features, page 1-13
•Layer 3 Features, page 1-14 (includes features requiring the IP services image)
•Power over Ethernet Features, page1-15
•Monitoring Features, page1-15
Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features
•Express Setup for quickly configuring a switch for the first time with basic IP information, contact
information, switch and Telnet passwords, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
information through a browser-based program. For more information about Express Setup, see the
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 launching the device manager, see the getting started guide. For more
information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
•Cisco Network Assistant (hereafter 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, 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 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.