Administrator Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Document Conventions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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 Access and Aggregation
Firmware Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63