Cisco 2950 Software Configuration Guide - Page 41

Chapter 1 Overview Features 78-11380-10 Monitoring • Switch LEDs that provide visual port and switch status • Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN) for traffic monitoring on any port or VLAN Note RSPAN is available only in the EI. • SPAN support of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) to monitor, repel, and report network security violations • Four groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) of embedded remote monitoring (RMON) agents for network monitoring and traffic analysis • MAC address notification for tracking the MAC addresses that the switch has learned or removed • Syslog facility for logging system messages about authentication or authorization errors, resource issues, and time-out events • Layer 2 traceroute to identify the physical path that a packet takes from a source device to a destination device • Facilities for processing alarms related to temperature, power-supply conditions, and the status of the Ethernet ports (available only on the Catalyst 2955 switch) LRE Features (available only on Catalyst 2950 LRE switches) • Data, voice, and video transmission through categorized and noncategorized unshielded twisted-pair cable (Category 1, 2, and 3 structured and unstructured cable, such as existing telephone lines) in multi-unit, multidwelling, and multitenant buildings • Up to 15 Mbps of bandwidth to remote Ethernet devices at distances of up to 4921 feet (1500 meters) on each switch LRE port • Compliance with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) standards for spectral-mode compatibility with asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and digital telephone networks • Configuration and monitoring of connections between: - Switch LRE ports and the Ethernet ports on remote LRE customer premises equipment (CPE) devices, such as the Cisco 575 LRE CPE or the Cisco 585 LRE CPE - CPE Ethernet ports and remote Ethernet devices, such as a PC • Support for connecting to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) through plain old telephone service (POTS) splitters such as the Cisco LRE 48 POTS Splitter • Support for the rate selection, a utility that allows for automatic selection of transmission rates through sequences • Support for Reed-Solomon error correction • Support for a protected port on Cisco 585 CPE devices • Support for small form-factor pluggable (SFP) modules instead of Gigabit Interface Converter (GBIC) modules • Support for configuring the interleave delay feature • Support for DC-input power and compliance with the VDSL 997 band plan on Catalyst 2950ST-24 LRE 997 switches Catalyst 2950 and Catalyst 2955 Switch Software Configuration Guide 1-7