Administrator Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Audience
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Document Conventions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
2 Switch Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 58
System Time Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Integrated DHCP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Management of Basic Network Information
. . . . 59
IPv6 Management Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Dual Software Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
File Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Switch Database Management Templates
. . . . 61
Automatic Installation of Firmware and
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
sFlow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs
. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
CDP Interoperability Through ISDP
. . . . . . . . 63
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 63
N3000 Series Advanced and Advanced-Lite
Firmware Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63