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Cisco Confidential
C97-502409-00
Cisco Catalyst
Intelligent Switching Infrastructure
Intelligent Switching
Is a Common Foundation of Capabilities across Cisco
®
Catalyst
®
Switches
Performance,
Availability
Wire-speed
forwarding
No performance
effect with all
services enabled
QoS
Layer 2, 3, 4
classification
Policing and shaping
Multiple queues
Granular control
Security
Layer 2, 3, 4 access
control
Identity-based
authentication
Management security
Admission control
Manageability
End-to-end manageability
for centralized
administration
Web-based or command-
line interface (CLI)
Analysis and planning tools
