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Catalyst 3500 Series XL Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Features
Table 1-1 Catalyst 3508G XL Features
Feature Description
Performance and
Configuration
• 8 GBIC-based 1000BaseX Gigabit Ethernet slots
• Support for up to 250 port-based virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Inter-Switch Link (ISL) and IEEE 802.1Q trunking support on all ports
• IEEE 802.1p capable
• High-speed EtherChannel connections between switches and servers
• 8192 MAC addresses
• Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) to limit the flooding of IP
multicast traffic
• Broadcast storm control to prevent performance degradation from broadcast
storms
• Switch Port Analyzer (SPAN) port monitoring on any port
• Support for command switch redundancy
• Support for Cisco Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) modules
– GigaStack GBIC module
– 1000BaseSX GBIC module
– 1000BaseLX/LH GBIC module
– 1000BaseZX GBIC module (support for up to four 1000BaseZX GBICs
with the Catalyst 3508G XL switch)
Management
• Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) through the console port or Telnet
• CiscoView device-management application
• Cluster Management Suite, a web-based tool for managing switch clusters or
an individual switch through a single IP address
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Power
Redundancy
• Connection for optional Cisco 600W Redundant Power System (RPS) that
operates on AC input and supplies DC output to the switch