Availability Features

The switch provides a broad variety of availability features. Availability features are hardware and software-based safeguards that help to prevent the loss of data flow in the unlikely event of a subsystem failure. In addition, some availability features allow users to maintain or replace hardware components without powering off the switch or interrupting switch operations.
Combined, these features provide added resiliency and help to ensure that the switch or virtual chassis is consistently available for day-to-day network operations.

Hardware-related availability features include:

• Software Rollback
• Backup Power Supplies
• Hot Swapping
• Hardware Monitoring