Deployment Features - Cisco WS-CBS3032-DEL Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 1 Overview

Deployment Features

The switch ships with these features:
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Express Setup for quickly configuring a switch for the first time with basic IP information, contact
information, switch and Telnet passwords, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
information through a browser-based program. For more information about Express Setup, see the
getting started guide.
User-defined and Cisco-default Smartports macros for creating custom switch configurations for
simplified deployment across the network.
Local web authentication banner so that custom banner or image file can be displayed at a web
authentication login screen.
An embedded device manager GUI for configuring and monitoring a single switch through a web
browser. For information about starting the device manager, see the getting started guide. For more
information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
Cisco Network Assistant (referred to as Network Assistant) for
Managing communities, which are device groups like clusters, except that they can contain
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routers and access points and can be made more secure.
– Simplifying and minimizing switch and switch stack management from anywhere in your
intranet.
– Accomplishing multiple configuration tasks from a single graphical interface without needing
to remember command-line interface (CLI) commands to accomplish specific tasks.
Interactive guide mode that guides you in configuring complex features such as VLANs, ACLs,
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and quality of service (QoS).
Configuration wizards that prompt you to provide only the minimum required information to
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configure complex features such as QoS priorities for video traffic, priority levels for data
applications, and security.
Downloading an image to a switch.
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Applying actions to multiple ports and multiple switches at the same time, such as VLAN and
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QoS settings, inventory and statistic reports, link- and switch-level monitoring and
troubleshooting, and multiple switch software upgrades.
Viewing a topology of interconnected devices to identify existing switch clusters and eligible
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switches that can join a cluster and to identify link information between switches.
Monitoring real-time status of a switch or multiple switches from the LEDs on the front-panel
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images. The system and port LED colors on the images are similar to those used on the physical
LEDs.
Cisco StackWise Plus technology on stacking-capable switches for
– Connecting up to nine switches through their StackWise Plus ports that operate as a single
switch or switch-router in the network.
Creating a bidirectional 32-Gb/s switching fabric across the switch stack, with all stack
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members having full access to the system bandwidth.
Using a single IP address and configuration file to manage the entire switch stack.
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Automatic Cisco IOS version-check of new stack members with the option to automatically load
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images from the stack master or from a TFTP server.
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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