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Catalyst 2975 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
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Provisioning a new member for a switch stack with the offline configuration feature. You can
configure in advance the interface configuration for a specific stack member number and for a
specific switch type of a new switch that is not part of the stack. The switch stack retains this
information across stack reloads whether or not the provisioned switch is part of the stack.
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Displaying stack-ring activity statistics (the number of frames sent by each stack member to the
ring).
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Switch clustering technology for
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Unified configuration, monitoring, authentication, and software upgrade of multiple,
cluster-capable switches, regardless of their geographic proximity and interconnection media,
including Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Fast EtherChannel, small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
modules, Gigabit Ethernet, and Gigabit EtherChannel connections. For a list of cluster-capable
switches, see the release notes.
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Automatic discovery of candidate switches and creation of clusters of up to 16 switches that can
be managed through a single IP address.
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Extended discovery of cluster candidates that are not directly connected to the command switch.
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Stack troubleshooting enhancements
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Auto Smartports
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Cisco-default and user-defined macros for dynamic port configuration based on the device type
detected on the port.
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Enhancements to add support for global macros, last-resort macros, event trigger control, access
points, EtherChannels, auto-QoS with Cisco Medianet, and IP phones.
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Enhancements to add support for macro persistency, LLDP-based triggers, MAC address and
OUI-based triggers, remote macros as well as for automatic configuration based on these two
new device types: Cisco Digital Media Player (Cisco DMP) and Cisco IP Video Surveillance
Camera (Cisco IPVSC).
For information, see the
Auto Smartports Configuration Guide
.
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Smart Install to allow a single point of management (director) in a network. You can use Smart
Install to provide zero touch image and configuration upgrade of newly deployed switches and
image and configuration downloads for any client switches. For more information, see the
Cisco
Smart Install Configuration Guide.
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Smart Install enhancements in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(55)SE supporting client backup files,
zero-touch replacement for clients with the same product-ID, automatic generation of the image list
file, configurable file repository, hostname changes, transparent connection of the director to client,
and USB storage for image and seed configuration.
Performance Features
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Cisco EnergyWise manages the energy usage of end points including power over Ethernet (PoE)
devices and non-Cisco devices. For information, see the
Cisco EnergyWise Configuration Guide
.
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Autosensing of port speed and autonegotiation of duplex mode on all switch ports for optimizing
bandwidth.
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Automatic-medium-dependent interface crossover (auto-MDIX) capability on 10/100/1000 Mb/s
interfaces and on 10/100/1000 BASE-TX SFP module interfaces that enables the interface to
automatically detect the required cable connection type (straight-through or crossover) and to
configure the connection appropriately.
