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Data Sheet
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Management and Control Features
The Cisco Catalyst 3560-E Series Switches come with a rich set of management and control
features that include:
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Cisco IOS Software CLI support provides common user interface and command set with all
Cisco routers and Cisco Catalyst desktop switches.
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Generic On-Line Diagnostics (GOLD) checks the health of hardware components and
verifies proper operation of the system data and control plane at run time and boot time.
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Virtual Route Forwarding (VRF)-Lite enables a service provider to support two or more
VPNs with overlapping IP addresses.
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Switching Database Manager Templates for access, routing, and VLAN deployment allow
the administrator to easily maximize memory allocation to the desired features based on
deployment-specific requirements.
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With Cisco IOS Software IP SLAs, users can verify service guarantees, increase network
reliability by validating network performance, proactively identify network issues, and
increase return on investment (ROI) by easing the deployment of new IP services.
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Local Proxy Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) works in conjunction with Private VLAN
Edge to minimize broadcasts and maximize available bandwidth.
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VLAN1 minimization allows VLAN1 to be disabled on any individual VLAN trunk.
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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping for IPv4 and IPv6 MLD v1 and v2
Snooping provide fast client joins and leaves of multicast streams and limit bandwidth-
intensive video traffic to only the requestors.
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Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR) continuously sends multicast streams in a multicast
VLAN while isolating the streams from subscriber VLANs for bandwidth and security
reasons.
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Per-port broadcast, multicast, and unicast storm control prevents faulty end stations from
degrading overall systems performance.
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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 VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) supports dynamic VLANs and dynamic trunk
configuration across all switches.
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Remote Switch Port Analyzer (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 traceroute eases troubleshooting by identifying the physical path that a packet
takes from source to destination.
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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.