| Integrated Switching | Integrated switching provides fewer points of management for remote and small branch offices. |
| 802.1Q Trunking | This feature allows the setup of separate VLANs with tagged and untagged framing; trunking is used to save ports when creating a link between two devices implementing VLANs; VLANs allow segmentation of the LAN. |
| Voice VLAN (VVLAN) | VVLANs help enable Cisco IP phones to place voice and data in their own separate VLANs. The HWIC switch port is manually configured as a trunk port to support voice and data VLANs on the same port. The switch then uses Cisco Discovery to dynamically con |
| 802.1x Authentication | This client-server-based access control and authentication protocol restricts unauthorized devices from connecting to a LAN through publicly accessible ports. |
| PoE (Option) | Cisco EtherSwitch technology with the appropriate inline power module and internal power supply can power Cisco IP phones and wireless access points. Support is provided for both IEEE 802.3af PoE and Cisco prestandard inline powered devices. The ninth p |