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Ease of Use and Ease of Deployment, Performance
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Features Chapter 1 Overview Table 1-1 Features Ease of Use and Ease of Deployment • Cluster Management Suite (CMS) software for simplified switch and switch cluster management through a web browser, such as Netscape Communicator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, from anywhere in your intranet • Switch clustering technology, in conjunction with CMS, for - Unified configuration, monitoring, authentication, and software upgrade of multiple switches. Refer to the release notes (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/index.htm) for a list of eligible cluster members. - 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. • Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) for command-switch redundancy Note See the "Advantages of Using CMS and Clustering Switches" section on page 1-7. Refer to the release notes (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c2900xl/index.htm) for the CMS and cluster hardware, software, and browser requirements. Performance • Autosensing of speed on the 10/100 ports and autonegotiation of duplex mode on all switch ports for optimizing bandwidth • IEEE 802.3x flow control on the Gigabit ports operating in full-duplex mode • Fast EtherChannel and Gigabit EtherChannel for enhanced fault tolerance and for aggregating up to 8 ports of bandwidth between switches, routers, and servers • Per-port broadcast storm control for preventing faulty end stations from degrading overall system performance with broadcast storms • Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP) for limiting multicast traffic to specified end stations and reducing overall network traffic • CGMP Fast Leave for accelerating the removal of unused CGMP groups to reduce superfluous traffic on the network • Multicast VLAN registration (MVR) to continuously send multicast streams in a multicast VLAN, but to isolate the streams from subscriber VLANs for bandwidth and security reasons • Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) filtering for restricting the IP multicast groups that hosts connected to one or more switch ports can join Catalyst 2900 Series XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Software Configuration Guide 1-2 78-6511-08