Contents 3
Contents

1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Audience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Document Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Additional Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

2 Switch Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Multiple Management Options . . . . . . . . . . . 56
System Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Integrated DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Management of Basic Network Information. . . . 57
IPv6 Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Dual Software Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Switch Database Management Templates. . . . . 58
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
sFlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
CDP Interoperability through ISDP. . . . . . . . . 60
Remote Monitoring (RMON) . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stacking Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
High Stack Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61