Introduction
Cisco Data Center Switching Solutions
Modular Switches
Model/Series
Power Supply Failure Redundancy
Power Circuit Failure Redundancy
Redundant Fan Trays
Redundant Supervisors
Hot-Swappable Redundant Fabric Modules
Network Protocols
Unidirectional Link Detection (UDLD)
Aggressive UDLD
UplinkFast
Backbone Fast
RSTP (802. 1 w)
PortFast
Per VLAN STP (PVSTP)
Per VLAN RSTP (PVRSTP)
Multiple Instance STP (MISTP)
MSTP (802. 1 s)
STP Root Guard
BPDU Guard
Loop Guard
Bridge Assurance
Dispute Mechanism
Flexlink
Link State Tracking
IP Event Dampening
Software Modularity
Subsystem in Service Software Upgrade
(ISSU)
Software Modularity
Granular Feature Modularity
Conditional Services
Fault Containment
Memory Protection
Process Restartability
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