Cisco 4500M User Manual

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Software Configuration Guide—Release 12.2(25)EW
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Product Overview
This chapter provides an overview of Catalyst 4500 series switches and includes the following major
sections:
• Layer 2 Software Features, page 1-1
• Layer 3 Software Features, page 1-6
• QoS Features, page 1-10
• Management and Security Features, page 1-11
Note For more information about the chassis, modules, and software features supported by the
Catalyst 4500 series switch, refer to the Release Notes for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch, Cisco IOS
Release 12.2(25)EW at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/cat4000/relnotes/
Layer 2 Software Features
The following subsections describe the key Layer 2 switching software features on the
Catalyst 4500 series switch:
• 802.1Q and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling, page 1-2
• Storm Control, page 1-2
• CDP, page 1-2
• DHCP Snooping, page 1-2
• EtherChannel Bundles, page 1-3
• IP Source Guard, page 1-3
• Jumbo Frames, page 1-3
• Layer 2 Traceroute, page 1-3
• MST, page 1-4
• PVRST+, page 1-4
• Spanning Tree Protocol, page 1-4

Cisco 4500M Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	4500M
Category	Network Router
Language	English