Cisco Catalyst 1300 and 1300X Series Switches

Spanning Tree Protocol

Standard 802.1d Spanning Tree support

Fast convergence using 802.1w (Rapid Spanning Tree [RSTP]), enabled by default Multiple Spanning Tree instances using 802.1s (MSTP); 16 instances are supported

Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) and Rapid PVST+ (RPVST+); 126 instances are supported

Port grouping/link aggregation

VLAN

Support for up to 4094 VLANs (4078 – 4094 are for internal usage) simultaneously

Port-based and 802.1Q tag-based VLANs, MAC-based VLAN, protocol-based VLAN, IP subnet-based VLAN

Management VLAN

Private VLAN with promiscuous, isolated, and community port

Private VLAN Edge (PVE), also known as protected ports, with multiple uplinks Guest VLAN, unauthenticated VLAN

Dynamic VLAN assignment via RADIUS server along with 802.1X client authentication

Customer premises equipment (CPE) VLAN

Auto surveillance VLAN (ASV)

Voice VLAN

Voice traffic is automatically assigned to a voice-specific VLAN and treated with appropriate levels of QoS. Voice Services Discovery Protocol (VSDP) delivers networkwide zero-touch deployment of voice endpoints and call control devices

Multicast TV VLAN

Multicast TV VLAN allows the single multicast VLAN to be shared in the network while subscribers remain in separate VLANs. This feature is also known as Multicast VLAN Registration (MVR)

VLAN translation

Support for VLAN one-to-one mapping, in which customer VLANs (C-VLANs) on an edge interface are mapped to service provider VLANs (S-VLANs), and the original C-VLAN tags are replaced by the specified S-VLAN

Q-in-Q

VLANs transparently cross a service provider network while isolating traffic among customers

Selective Q-in-Q

Selective Q-in-Q is an enhancement to the basic Q-in-Q feature and provides, per edge interface, multiple mappings of different C-VLANs to separate S-VLANs

Selective Q-in-Q also allows configuring of the Ethertype (Tag Protocol Identifier [TPID]) of the S-VLAN tag

Layer 2 protocol tunneling over Q-in-Q is also supported

Generic VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)/Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)

GVRP and GARP enable automatic propagation and configuration of VLANs in a bridged domain

Unidirectional Link

UDLD monitors physical connections to detect unidirectional links caused by incorrect

Detection (UDLD)

wiring or cable/port faults to prevent forwarding loops and blackholing of traffic in switched networks

DHCP relay at Layer 2

Relay of DHCP traffic to a DHCP server in a different VLAN; works with DHCP Option 82

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) versions 1, 2, and 3 snooping

IGMP querier

IGMP querier is used to support a Layer 2 multicast domain of snooping switches in the absence of a multicast router

IGMP proxy

The IGMP proxy provides a mechanism for multicast forwarding based on IGMP

membership information without the need for more complicated multicast routing protocols

Head-of-Line (HOL) blocking

HOL blocking prevention

Loopback detection

Loopback detection provides protection against loops by transmitting loop protocol packets out of ports on which loop protection has been enabled. It operates independently of STP

Layer 3

IPv4 routing

Wire-speed routing of IPv4 packets

IPv6 routing

Wire-speed routing of IPv6 packets

Layer 3 interface

Configuration of a Layer 3 interface on a physical port, LAG, VLAN interface, or loopback interface

Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR)

Support for CIDR

Routing Information Protocol (RIP) v2

Support for RIP v2 for dynamic routing

Policy-Based Routing (PBR)

Flexible routing control to direct packets to a different next hop based on an IPv4 or IPv6 Access Control List (ACL)

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Support for OSPF v2 and v3 (in C1300X SKUs only)

DHCP server

Switch functions as an IPv4 DHCP server, serving IP addresses for multiple DHCP pools or scopes

Support for DHCP options

DHCP relay at Layer 3

Relay of DHCP traffic across IP domains

User Datagram Protocol (UDP) relay

Relay of broadcast information across Layer 3 domains for application discovery or relaying of Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP)/DHCP packets

Stacking

Hardware stacking

Stacking information for C1300 and C1300X

C1300/X supports up to 8 switches in a stack. Up to 400 ports managed as a single system with hardware failover

Stacking is supported on the following models:

High availability

Fast stack failover delivers minimal traffic loss. Support for LAG across multiple units in a stack

Plug-and-play stacking configuration/
management

Active/standby for resilient stack control

Auto-numbering

Hot swap of units in stack

Ring and chain stacking options, auto stacking port speed, flexible stacking port options

High-speed stack interconnects

Cost-effective high-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet fiber interfaces

Security

Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol

SSH is a secure replacement for Telnet traffic. Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) also uses SSH. SSH v1 and v2 are supported

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

SSL support: Encrypts all HTTPS traffic, allowing highly secure access to the browser-based management GUI in the switch

IEEE 802.1X (authenticator role)

802.1X: RADIUS authentication and accounting, MD5 hash, guest VLAN, unauthenticated VLAN, single/multiple host mode, and single/multiple sessions

Supports time-based 802.1X, dynamic VLAN assignment, and MAC authentication

IEEE 802.1X supplicant

A switch can be configured to act as a supplicant to another switch. This enables extended secure access in areas outside the wiring closet (such as conference rooms)

Web-based authentication

Web-based authentication provides network admission control through a web browser to any host devices and operating systems

STP Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) Guard

A security mechanism to protect the network from invalid configurations. A port enabled for BPDU Guard is shut down if a BPDU message is received on that port. This avoids accidental topology loops

STP Root Guard

Prevents edge devices not in the network administrator’s control from becoming STP root nodes

STP loopback guard

Provides additional protection against Layer 2 forwarding loops (STP loops)

DHCP snooping

Filters out DHCP messages with unregistered IP addresses and/or from unexpected or untrusted interfaces. This prevents rogue devices from behaving as DHCP servers

IP Source Guard (IPSG)

When IPSG is enabled at a port, the switch filters out IP packets received from the port if the source IP addresses of the packets have not been statically configured or dynamically learned from DHCP snooping. This prevents IP address spoofing

Dynamic ARP Inspection (DAI)

The switch discards ARP packets from a port if there are no static or dynamic IP/MAC bindings or if there is a discrepancy between the source or destination addresses in the ARP packet. This prevents man-in-the-middle attacks

IP/MAC/port binding (IPMB)

The preceding features (DHCP snooping, IP Source Guard, and Dynamic ARP Inspection) work together to prevent Denial of-Service (DoS) attacks in the network, thereby increasing network availability

Secure Core Technology (SCT)

Makes sure that the switch will receive and process management and protocol traffic no matter how much traffic is received

Secure Sensitive Data (SSD)

A mechanism to manage sensitive data (such as passwords, keys, and so on) securely on the switch, populating this data to other devices and a secure auto-configuration. Access to view the sensitive data as plain text or encrypted is provided according to the user configured access level and the access method of the user

Trustworthy systems

Trustworthy systems provide a highly secure foundation for Cisco products

Run-time defenses (Executable Space Protection [X-Space], Address Space Layout

Randomization [ASLR], Built-In Object Size Checking [BOSC])

Private VLAN

Provides security and isolation between switch ports, which helps ensure that users cannot snoop on other users’ traffic; supports multiple uplinks.

Layer 2 isolation Private VLAN Edge (PVE)

PVE (also known as protected ports) provides Layer 2 isolation between devices in the same VLAN; supports multiple uplinks

Port security

Ability to lock source MAC addresses to ports and limit the number of learned MAC addresses

RADIUS/TACACS+

Supports RADIUS and TACACS authentication. Switch functions as a client

RADIUS accounting

The RADIUS accounting functions allow data to be sent at the start and end of services indicating the number of resources (such as time, packets, bytes, and so on) used during the session

Storm control

Broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast

DoS prevention

DoS attack prevention

Multiple user privilege levels in CLI

Level 1, 7, and 15 privilege levels

ACLs

Support for up to 1024 rules (in Catalyst 1300 1Gigabit Ethernet SKUs) and up to 2048 rules (in Catalyst 1300 10Gigabit Ethernet SKUs) and 3072 rules (in Catalyst 1300X SKUs) Drop or rate limit based on source and destination MAC, VLAN ID, IPv4 or IPv6 address, IPv6 flow label, protocol, port, Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)/IP precedence, TCP/UDP source and destination ports, 802.1p priority, Ethernet type, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packets, IGMP packets, TCP flag; ACL can be applied on both ingress and egress sides

Time-based ACLs supported

Quality of service

Priority levels

8 hardware queues

Scheduling

Strict priority and Weighted Round-Robin (WRR)

Class of service

Port-based, 802.1p VLAN priority-based, IPv4/IPv6 IP precedence/Type of Service (ToS)/DSCP-based, Differentiated Services (DiffServ), classification and remarking ACLs, trusted QoS

Queue assignment based on DSCP and Class of Service (802.1p/CoS)

Rate limiting

Ingress policer; egress shaping and rate control per VLAN, per port, and flow based; dualrate 3-color (2R3C) policing

Congestion avoidance

A TCP congestion avoidance algorithm is required to minimize and prevent global TCP loss synchronization

iSCSI traffic optimization

A mechanism for giving priority to iSCSI traffic over other types of traffic

Standards

Standards

IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T Ethernet, IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ab

1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation Control Protocol, IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gbps Ethernet over fiber for LAN, IEEE 802.3an 10GBASE-T 10 Gbps Ethernet over copper twisted pair cable, IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, IEEE 802.1D (STP, GARP, and GVRP), IEEE 802.1Q/p VLAN, IEEE 802.1w Rapid STP, IEEE

802.1s Multiple STP, IEEE 802.1X Port Access Authentication, IEEE 802.3af, IEEE 802.3at, IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol, IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet, RFC 768, RFC 783, RFC 791, RFC 792, RFC 793, RFC 813, RFC 826, RFC 879, RFC 896, RFC

854, RFC 855, RFC 856, RFC 858, RFC 894, RFC 919, RFC 920, RFC 922, RFC 950, RFC

951, RFC 1042, RFC 1071, RFC 1123, RFC 1141, RFC 1155, RFC 1157, RFC 1213, RFC

1215, RFC 1286, RFC 1350, RFC 1442, RFC 1451, RFC 1493, RFC 1533, RFC 1541, RFC

1542, RFC 1573, RFC 1624, RFC 1643, RFC 1700, RFC 1757, RFC 1867, RFC 1907, RFC

2011, RFC 2012, RFC 2013, RFC 2030, RFC 2131, RFC 2132, RFC 2233, RFC 2576, RFC

2616, RFC 2618, RFC 2665, RFC 2666, RFC 2674, RFC 2737, RFC 2819, RFC 2863, RFC

3164, RFC 3176, RFC 3411, RFC 3412, RFC 3413, RFC 3414, RFC 3415, RFC 3416, RFC

4330

IPv6

IPv6

IPv6 host mode, IPv6 over Ethernet, dual IPv6/IPv4 stack

IPv6 neighbor and router discovery (ND), IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration, path Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) discovery

Duplicate Address Detection (DAD), ICMP version 6 DHCPv6 stateful client

IPv6 over IPv4 network with Intrasite Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) tunnel support

IPv6 QoS

Prioritize IPv6 packets in hardware

IPv6 ACL

Drop or rate-limit IPv6 packets in hardware

IPv6 First Hop Security

RA guard

ND inspection DHCPv6 guard

Neighbor binding table (snooping and static entries)

Neighbor binding integrity check

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD v1/2) snooping

Deliver IPv6 multicast packets only to the required receivers

MLD proxy

The MLD proxy provides a mechanism for multicast forwarding based on MLD membership information without the need for more complicated multicast routing protocols

IPv6 applications

Web/SSL, Telnet server/SSH, ping, traceroute, Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP),

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), SNMP, RADIUS, syslog, DNS client, Telnet client,

DHCP client, DHCP auto-config, IPv6 DHCP relay, TACACS+

IPv6 RFCs supported

RFC 4443 (which obsoletes RFC 2463): ICMP version 6

RFC 4291 (which obsoletes RFC 3513): IPv6 address architecture RFC 4291: IPv6 addressing architecture

RFC 2460: IPv6 specification

RFC 4861 (which obsoletes RFC 2461): neighbor discovery for IPv6

RFC 4862 (which obsoletes RFC 2462): IPv6 stateless address auto-configuration RFC 1981: path MTU discovery

RFC 4007: IPv6 scoped address architecture RFC 3484: default address selection mechanism

RFC 5214 (which obsoletes RFC 4214): ISATAP tunneling

RFC 4293: MIB IPv6: textual conventions and general group RFC 3595: textual conventions for IPv6 flow label

Management

Cisco Business Dashboard

Support for embedded probe for Cisco Business Dashboard running on the switch.

Eliminates the need to set up a separate hardware or virtual machine for the Cisco Business Dashboard Probe onsite

Cisco Business mobile app

Mobile app for Cisco Business and Catalyst 1200 and 1300/X switches and wireless products. Helps to set up a local network in minutes and provide easy management at your fingertips

Cisco Network Plug and Play (PnP) agent

The Cisco Network PnP solution provides a simple, secure, unified, and integrated offering to ease new branch or campus device rollouts or for provisioning updates to an existing network. The solution provides a unified approach to provision Cisco routers, switches, and wireless devices with a near-zero-touch deployment experience.

Supports Cisco PnP Connect

Web user interface

Built-in switch configuration utility for easy browser-based device configuration (HTTP/HTTPS)

Supports simple and advanced mode, configuration, wizards, customizable dashboard, system maintenance, monitoring, online help, and universal search

SNMP

SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3 with support for traps, and SNMP version 3 User-Based Security Model (USM)

Standard MIBs

lldp-MIB

lldpextdot1-MIB

lldpextdot3-MIB

lldpextmed-MIB

rfc2674-MIB

rfc2575-MIB

rfc2573-MIB

rfc2233-MIB

rfc2013-MIB

rfc2012-MIB

rfc2011-MIB

RFC-1212

RFC-1215

SNMPv2-CONF

SNMPv2-TC

p-bridge-MIB

q-bridge-MIB

rfc1389-MIB

rfc1493-MIB

rfc1611-MIB

rfc1612-MIB

rfc1850-MIB

rfc1907-MIB

rfc2571-MIB

rfc2572-MIB

rfc2574-MIB

rfc2576-MIB

rfc2613-MIB

rfc2665-MIB

rfc2668-MIB

rfc2737-MIB

rfc2925-MIB

rfc3621-MIB

rfc4668-MIB

rfc4670-MIB

trunk-MIB

tunnel-MIB

udp-MIB

draft-ietf-bridge-8021x-MIB

draft-ietf-bridge-rstpmib-04-MIB

draft-ietf-hubmib-etherif-mib-v3-00-MIB

draft-ietf-syslog-device-MIB

ianaaddrfamnumbers-MIB

ianaifty-MIB

ianaprot-MIB

inet-address-MIB

ip-forward-MIB

ip-MIB

RFC1155-SMI

RFC1213-MIB

SNMPv2-MIB

SNMPv2-SMI

SNMPv2-TM

RMON-MIB

rfc1724-MIB

dcb-raj-DCBX-MIB-1108-MIB

rfc1213-MIB

rfc1757-MIB

Private MIBs

CISCOSB-lldp-MIB

CISCOSB-brgmulticast-MIB

CISCOSB-bridgemibobjectsMIB

CISCOSB-bonjour-MIB

CISCOSB-dhcpcl-MIB

CISCOSB-MIB

CISCOSB-wrandomtaildropMIB

CISCOSB-traceroute-MIB

CISCOSB-telnet-MIB

CISCOSB-stormctrl-MIB

CISCOSB-ssh-MIB

CISCOSB-socket-MIB

CISCOSB-sntp-MIB

CISCOSB-smon-MIB

CISCOSB-phy-MIB

CISCOSB-

multisessionterminal-MIB CISCOSB-mri-MIB

CISCOSB-jumboframes-MIB CISCOSB-gvrp-MIB

CISCOSB-endofmib-MIB CISCOSB-dot1x-MIB

CISCOSB-deviceparams-MIB

CISCOSB-cli-MIB

CISCOSB-cdb-MIB

CISCOSB-brgmacswitch-MIB

CISCOSB-3sw2swtables-MIB

CISCOSB-smartPorts-MIB

CISCOSB-tbi-MIB

CISCOSB-macbaseprio-MIB

CISCOSB-policy-MIB

CISCOSB-env_mib

CISCOSB-sensor-MIB

CISCOSB-aaa-MIB

CISCOSB-application-MIB

CISCOSB-bridgesecurity-MIB

CISCOSB-copy-MIB

CISCOSB-CpuCounters-MIB

CISCOSB-Custom1BonjourService-MIB

CISCOSB-dhcp-MIB

CISCOSB-dlf-MIB

CISCOSBdnscl-MIB

CISCOSB-embweb-MIB

CISCOSB-fft-MIB

CISCOSBfile-MIB

CISCOSB-greeneth-MIB

CISCOSB-interfaces-MIB

CISCOSB-interfaces_recovery-MIB

CISCOSB-ip-MIB

CISCOSB-iprouter-MIB

CISCOSB-ipv6-MIB

CISCOSB-mnginf-MIB

CISCOSB-lcli-MIB

CISCOSB-localization-MIB

CISCOSB-mcmngr-MIB

CISCOSB-mng-MIB

CISCOSB-physdescription-MIB

CISCOSB-PoE-MIB

CISCOSB-protectedport-MIB

CISCOSB-rmon-MIB

CISCOSB-rs232-MIB

CISCOSB-SecuritySuite-MIB

CISCOSB-snmp-MIB

CISCOSB-specialbpdu-MIB

CISCOSB-banner-MIB

CISCOSB-syslog-MIB

CISCOSB-TcpSession-MIB

CISCOSB-traps-MIB CISCOSB-trunk-MIB

CISCOSB-tuning-MIB CISCOSB-tunnel-MIB

CISCOSB-udp-MIB

CISCOSB-vlan-MIB

CISCOSB-ipstdacl-MIB

CISCOSB-eee-MIB

CISCOSB-ssl-MIB

CISCOSB-qosclimib-MIB

CISCOSB-digitalkeymanage-MIB

CISCOSB-tbp-MIB

CISCOSMB-MIB

CISCOSB-secsd-MIB

CISCOSB-draft-ietf-entmib-sensor-MIB

CISCOSB-draft-ietf-syslog-device-MIB

CISCOSB-rfc2925-MIB

CISCO-SMI-MIB

CISCOSB-DebugCapabilities-MIB

CISCOSB-CDP-MIB

CISCOSB-vlanVoice-MIB

CISCOSB-EVENTS-MIB

CISCOSB-sysmng-MIB

CISCOSB-sct-MIB

CISCO-TC-MIB

CISCO-VTP-MIB

CISCO-CDP-MIB

Remote Monitoring (RMON)

Embedded RMON software agent supports 4 RMON groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) for enhanced traffic management, monitoring, and analysis

IPv4 and IPv6 dual stack

Coexistence of both protocol stacks to ease migration

Firmware upgrade

Web browser upgrade (HTTP/HTTPS) and TFTP and upgrade over SCP running over SSH Dual images for resilient firmware upgrades

Port mirroring

Traffic on a port can be mirrored to another port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to 8 source ports can be mirrored to one destination port

VLAN mirroring

Traffic from a VLAN can be mirrored to a port for analysis with a network analyzer or RMON probe. Up to 8 source VLANs can be mirrored to one destination port

Flow-based redirection and mirroring

Redirect or mirror traffic to a destination port or mirroring session based on flow

Remote Switch Port Analyzer (RSPAN)

Traffic can be mirrored across a Layer 2 domain to a remote port on a different switch for easier troubleshooting

sFlow agent

Switch can export sFlow sample to external collectors. sFlow provides visibility into network traffic down to the flow level

DHCP (options 12, 59, 60, 66, 67, 82, 125, 129, and 150)

DHCP options facilitate tighter control from a central point (DHCP server) to obtain IP address, auto-configuration (with configuration and image file download), DHCP relay, and hostname

Secure Copy (SCP)

Securely transfer files to and from the switch

Auto-configuration with SCP file download

Enables secure mass deployment with protection of sensitive data

Text-editable configuration files

Configuration files can be edited with a text editor and downloaded to another switch, facilitating easier mass deployment

Smartports

Simplified configuration of QoS and security capabilities

Auto Smartports

Applies the intelligence delivered through the Smartport roles and applies it automatically to the port based on the devices discovered over Cisco Discovery Protocol or LLDP-MED.

This facilitates zero-touch deployments

Text view CLI

Scriptable CLI. A full CLI as well as a menu-based CLI is supported. User privilege levels 1, 7, and 15 are supported for the CLI

Localization

Localization of GUI and documentation into multiple languages

Login banner

Configurable multiple banners for web as well as CLI

Other management

Traceroute, single IP management, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, RADIUS, port mirroring, TFTP upgrade, DHCP client, BOOTP, SNTP, Xmodem upgrade, cable diagnostics, ping, syslog, Telnet client (SSH secure support), automatic time settings from management station

Green (power efficiency)

Energy detect

Automatically turns power off on an RJ-45 port when the detecting link down. Active mode is resumed without loss of any packets when the switch detects the link is up

Cable length detection

Adjusts the signal strength based on the cable length. Reduces the power consumption for shorter cables

EEE compliant (802.3az)

Supports IEEE 802.3az on all copper Gigabit Ethernet ports

Disable port LEDs

LEDs can be manually turned off to save energy

Time-based port operation

Link up or down based on user-defined schedule (when the port is administratively up)

Time-based PoE

PoE power can be on or off based on a user-defined schedule to save energy

Persistent PoE

Provides PoE power while the device is rebooting

General

Jumbo frames

Frame sizes up to 9000 bytes. The default MTU is 2000 bytes

MAC table

16,000 addresses (in Catalyst 1300 1 Gigabit Ethernet SKUs) and up to 32,000 rules (in Catalyst 1300 10 Gigabit Ethernet SKUs and Catalyst 1300X SKUs)

Chip guard

Detects tampering attempts and responds during bootup

Boot integrity

Boot integrity visibility allows Cisco's platform identity and software integrity information to be visible and actionable

Discovery

Bonjour

The switch advertises itself using the Bonjour protocol

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) (802.1ab) with LLDP-Media Endpoint Discovery (MED) extensions

LLDP allows the switch to advertise its identification, configuration, and capabilities to neighboring devices that store the data in a MIB. LLDP-MED is an enhancement to LLDP that adds the extensions needed for IP phones.

Cisco Discovery Protocol

The switch advertises itself using the Cisco Discovery Protocol. It also learns the connected device and its characteristics via Cisco Discovery Protocol