Cisco Catalyst 2960 Software Configuration Manual page 51

Chapter 1 Overview
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Switch clustering technology for
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Stack troubleshooting enhancements
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Auto Smartports
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For information, see the Auto Smartports Configuration Guide.
Smart Install to allow a single point of management (director) in a network. You can use Smart
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Install to provide zero touch image and configuration upgrade of newly deployed switches and
image and configuration downloads for any client switches. For more information, see the Cisco
Smart Install Configuration Guide.
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Creating a bidirectional 20-Gb/s switching fabric across the switch stack, with all stack
members having full access to the system bandwidth.
Using a single IP address and configuration file to manage the entire switch stack.
Automatic Cisco IOS version-check of new stack members with the option to automatically load
images from the stack master or from a TFTP server.
Adding, removing, and replacing switches in the stack without disrupting the operation of the
stack.
Provisioning a new member for a switch stack with the offline configuration feature. You can
configure in advance the interface configuration for a specific stack member number and for a
specific switch type of a new switch that is not part of the stack. The switch stack retains this
information across stack reloads whether or not the provisioned switch is part of the stack.
Displaying stack-ring activity statistics (the number of frames sent by each stack member to the
ring).
Unified configuration, monitoring, authentication, and software upgrade of multiple,
cluster-capable switches, regardless of their geographic proximity and interconnection media,
including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Fast EtherChannel, small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
modules, Gigabit Ethernet, and Gigabit EtherChannel connections. For a list of cluster-capable
switches, see the release notes.
Automatic discovery of candidate switches and creation of clusters of up to 16 switches that can
be managed through a single IP address.
Extended discovery of cluster candidates that are not directly connected to the command switch.
Cisco-default and user-defined macros for dynamic port configuration based on the device type
detected on the port.
Enhancements to add support for global macros, last-resort macros, event trigger control, access
points, EtherChannels, auto-QoS with Cisco Medianet, and IP phones.
Enhancements to add support for macro persistency, LLDP-based triggers, MAC address and
OUI-based triggers, remote macros as well as for automatic configuration based on these two
new device types: Cisco Digital Media Player (Cisco DMP) and Cisco IP Video Surveillance
Camera (Cisco IPVSC).
Auto Smartports enhancement to enable auto-QoS on a CDP-capable Cisco digital media
player.
Improved device classification capabilities and accuracy, increased device visibility, and
enhanced macro management. The device classifier is enabled by default, and can classify
devices based on DHCP options.
Catalyst 2960 and 2960-S Switches Software Configuration Guide, Release 15.0(1)SE
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