Users Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
About This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Audience
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Document Conventions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Additional Documentation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2 Switch Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
System Management Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Multiple Management Options
. . . . . . . . . . . 60
System Time Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Log Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
System Reset
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Integrated DHCP Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Management of Basic Network Information
. . . . 62
IPv6 Management Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dual Software Images
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
File Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Switch Database Management Templates
. . . . 63
Automatic Installation of Firmware and Configuration
63
sFlow
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
SNMP Alarms and Trap Logs
. . . . . . . . . . . . 64
CDP Interoperability Through ISDP
. . . . . . . . 65
Remote Monitoring (RMON)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Stacking Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Mixed and Single Series Stacking
. . . . . . . . . 65