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Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide 56
Administration: General Information
This section describes how to view system information and configure various
options on the device.
It covers the following topics:
• Device Models
• System Information
• Console Settings (Autobaud Rate Support)Rebooting the Device
• Routing Resources
• Monitoring Fan Status
• Defining Idle Session Timeout
• Pinging a Host
• Traceroute
Device Models
All models can be fully managed through the web-based switch configuration
utility.
In Layer 2 system mode, the device forwards packets as a VLAN-aware bridge. In
Layer 3 system mode, the device performs both IPv4 routing and VLAN-aware
bridging.
When the device operates in Layer 3 system mode, the VLAN Rate Limit, and QoS
policers are not operational. Other QoS Advanced mode features are operational.
NOTE The following port conventions are used:
• GE is used for Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000) ports.
