Specifications
Data Sheet
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Manageability
Superior
Manageability
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Single IP address management for a stack of switches
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Cisco IOS Software CLI support provides a common user interface and command set with all Cisco
routers and Cisco Catalyst desktop switches.
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IP Service Level Agreement (responder only) uses active monitoring to generate traffic in a
continuous, reliable, and predictable manner, thus enabling the measurement of network
performance and health.
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Switching Database Manager templates for security and QoS allow administrators to easily adjust
memory allocation to the desired features based on deployment-specific requirements.
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VLAN trunks can be created from any port using standards-based 802.1q tagging.
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Up to 255 VLANs per switch and up to 128 spanning-tree instances per switch are supported.
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Four thousand VLAN IDs are supported.
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Voice VLAN simplifies telephony installations by keeping voice traffic on a separate VLAN for easier
administration and troubleshooting.
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Cisco VTP supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic trunk configuration across all switches.
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IGMPv3 snooping for IPv4 and MLD v1 and v2 Snooping for IPv6 provide fast client joins and
leaves of multicast streams and limits bandwidth-intensive video traffic to only the requestors.
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Remote SPAN (RSPAN) allows administrators to remotely monitor ports in a Layer 2 switch network
from any other switch in the same network.
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For enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis, the Embedded Remote Monitoring
(RMON) software agent supports four RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events).
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Layer 2 trace route eases troubleshooting by identifying the physical path that a packet takes from
source to destination.
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All RMON groups are supported through a SPAN port, which permits traffic monitoring of a single
port, or a group of ports, from a single network analyzer or RMON probe.
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Domain Name System (DNS) provides IP address resolution with user-defined device names.
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) reduces the cost of administering software upgrades by
downloading from a centralized location.
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Network Timing Protocol (NTP) provides an accurate and consistent timestamp to all intranet
switches.
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Multifunction LEDs per port for port status; half-duplex and full-duplex mode; PoE; and 10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX, and 1000BASE-T indication as well as switch-level status LEDs for system, stack
master, and redundant power supply provide a comprehensive and convenient visual management
system.
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Cisco Discovery Protocol Versions 1 and 2 help enable automatic switch discovery for network
management tools and communicate Voice VLAN information with Cisco IP phones.
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Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP Media Extensions (LLDP-MED) including client
location information. Switches exchange link and device information in multivendor networks.
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IPv6 Host provides basic IPv6 management such as IPv4/IPv6 dual stack, unicast address types,
ICMPv6, AAAA DNS lookup over IPv4, Secure Shell (SSH) for v6, IPv6 neighbor discovery, CDP,
Telnet, TFTP, SNMP, HTTP, HTTPS , Traceroute, syslog for v6.
Cisco Network
Assistant Software
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Cisco Network Assistant is a no-charge, Windows-based application that simplifies the
administration of networks of up to 250 users. It supports a wide range of Cisco Catalyst intelligent
switches. With Cisco Network Assistant, users can manage Cisco Catalyst switches and launch the
device managers of Cisco integrated services routers and Cisco Aironet
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WLAN access points.
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The easy-to-use graphical interface provides both a topology map and front-panel view of the
cluster and stacks.
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Configuration wizards need just a few user inputs to automatically configure the switch to optimally
handle different types of traffic: voice, video, multicast, and high-priority data.
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A security wizard is provided to restrict unauthorized access to applications, servers, and networks.
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Upgrading the Cisco IOS Software on Cisco Catalyst switches is a simple matter of pointing and
clicking, with one-click upgrades.
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Cisco Network Assistant supports multilayer feature configurations such as routing protocols, ACLs,
and QoS parameters.
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Multidevice and multiport configuration capabilities allow administrators to save time by configuring
features across multiple switches and ports simultaneously.
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The user-personalized interface allows modification of polling intervals, table views, and other
settings.
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Alarm notification provides automated email notification of network errors and alarm thresholds.
Cisco Express
Setup
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Express Setup simplifies initial configuration of a switch through a web browser, eliminating the
need for terminal emulation programs and CLI knowledge.
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The web interface helps less-skilled personnel quickly and simply set up switches, thereby reducing
the cost of deployment.
CiscoWorks
Support
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CiscoWorks network-management software provides management capabilities on a per-port and
per-switch basis, providing a common management interface for Cisco routers, switches, and hubs.
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SNMPv1, v2c, and v3 and Telnet interface support delivers comprehensive in-band management,
and a CLI-based management console provides detailed out-of-band management.
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The CiscoWorks LAN Management Solution supports the Cisco Catalyst 2975 Switch.