Installation guide

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Catalyst 3500 Series XL Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Features
Management • Cisco IOS 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
• SNMP
Power Redundancy
• Connection for optional Cisco RPS 600 that operates on AC input and
supplies DC output to the Catalyst 3512, 3524, and 3548 XL switches
• Connection for optional Cisco RPS 300 that operates on AC input and
supplies DC output to the Catalyst 3524-PWR XL switch
Inline Power
(Catalyst 3524-PWR
XL switch only)
• Ability to provide inline power for Cisco IP Phones from all 24 10/100
Ethernet ports
• Auto-detection and control of inline phone power on a per-port basis on all
10/100 ports
• Support for fan-fault and over-temperature detection through Visual Switch
Manager (VSM)
Table 1-2 Catalyst 3512, 3524, 3524-PWR, and 3548 XL Features (continued)
Feature Description (continued)