Cisco Systems 2955 manual

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 1 of 11 Q & A Cisco Catalyst 2955 S eries Pr oduct Overview Q. What is the Cisco Catalyst ® 2955 Series? A. The Cisco Catalyst 2955 Series is a product line of industrial Fast Ethernet and Gigabit[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 2 of 11 Q. How is the Cisco Catalyst 2955 similar to other Cisco Catalyst offerings in terms of the software feature set? A. In addition to supporting all the enhanced image features of the Cisco Catal[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 3 of 11 Cisco Catalyst 2955 Series switches deliver a comprehensive set of management tools to provide the required visibility and control in the network. Managed with CiscoW orks, Cisco Catalyst switc[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 4 of 11 Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol and SNMPv3 protect information from tampering or eavesdropping by encrypting information being passed along the network, thereby guarding administrative information.[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 5 of 11 Pr oduct P ositioning Q. Why is Cisco delivering the Cisco Catalyst 2955 Series? A. The migration to Ethernet that began in the enterprise space ten years ago and has moved into the metro, wire[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 6 of 11 Q. Ethernet is being deployed in new environments and for new solutions that traditionally have required very low bandwidth. Why do they need intelligent services? A. Different issues are drivi[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 7 of 11 Cisco Catalyst 2955 S eries Roadmap Q. Does the Cisco Catalyst 2955 support IP routing? A. No. For Layer 3 routing functionality , the Cisco Catalyst 3550 is an alternative stackable platform i[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 8 of 11 Q. What are the part numbers for Cisco Catalyst 2955 switches? When do they become orderable? A. The part number and order information for Cisco Catalyst 2955 switches can be found at: http://w[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 9 of 11 Other default feature details for the Cisco Catalyst 2955 Switch include: • Management VLAN is VLAN1 • VLAN Membership-Static access ports are in VLAN1 • VTP Management-VTP server mode ?[...]

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    Cisco Systems, Inc. All contents are Copyright © 1992–2003 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Important Notices and Privacy Statement. Page 10 of 11 • Snooping on Protocol-Independent-Multicast (PIM) and Distance-V ector -Multicast-Routing-Protocol (DVMRP) packets • Listening to Cisco Group Management Protocol self-join packets from ot[...]

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