Product Overview - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Software Configuration Manual

Product Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Catalyst 4500 series switches and includes the following major
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Layer 2 Software Features
The following subsections describe the key Layer 2 switching software features on the switch:
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Layer 2 Software Features, page 1-1
Layer 3 Software Features, page 1-13
Management Features, page 1-23
Security Features, page 1-33
802.1Q Tunneling, VLAN Mapping, and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling, page 1-2
Cisco IOS Auto Smartport Macros, page 1-2
Cisco Discovery Protocol, page 1-2
Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) server, page 1-3
EtherChannel Bundles, page 1-3
Ethernet CFM, page 1-3
Ethernet OAM Protocol, page 1-3
Flex Links and MAC Address-Table Move Update, page 1-3
Flexible NetFlow (Supervisor Engine 7-E, 7L-E, and 8-E only), page 1-4
Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) Snooping, page 1-4
IPv6 Multicast BSR and BSR Scoped Zone Support, page 1-5
IPv6 Multicast Listen Discovery (MLD) and Multicast Listen Discovery Snooping, page 1-6
Jumbo Frames, page 1-6
Link Aggregation Control Protocol, page 1-7
Link Layer Discovery Protocol, page 1-7
Link State Tracking, page 1-8
Location Service, page 1-8
Multiple Spanning Tree, page 1-8
Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide - Cisco IOS XE 3.9.xE and IOS 15.2(5)Ex
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