Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(52)SE

OL-19714-01

Documentation Updates

Updates to the Software Documentation

• The switch does not support ISL trunking.

Update to the “Configuring IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Authentication” Chapter

Common Session ID

Authentication manager uses a single session ID (referred to as a common session ID) for a client no

matter which authentication method is used. This ID is used for all reporting purposes, such as the show

commands and MIBs. The session ID appears with all per-session syslog messages.

The session ID includes:

• The IP address of the Network Access Device (NAD)

• A monotonically increasing unique 32 bit integer

• The session start time stamp (a 32 bit integer)

This example shows how the session ID appears in the output of the show authentication command.

The session ID in this example is 160000050000000B288508E5:

Switch# show authentication sessions

Interface MAC Address Method Domain Status Session ID

Fa4/0/4 0000.0000.0203 mab DATA Authz Success 160000050000000B288508E5

This is an example of how the session ID appears in the syslog output. The session ID in this example

is also160000050000000B288508E5:

1w0d: %AUTHMGR-5-START: Starting 'mab' for client (0000.0000.0203) on Interface Fa4/0/4

AuditSessionID 160000050000000B288508E5

1w0d: %MAB-5-SUCCESS: Authentication successful for client (0000.0000.0203) on Interface

Fa4/0/4 AuditSessionID 160000050000000B288508E5

1w0d: %AUTHMGR-7-RESULT: Authentication result 'success' from 'mab' for client

(0000.0000.0203) on Interface Fa4/0/4 AuditSessionID 160000050000000B288508E5

The session ID is used by the NAD, the AAA server, and other report-analyzing applications to identify

the client. The ID appears automatically. No configuration is required.

Update to the “Configuring Embedded Event Manager” Chapter

Embedded Event Manager 3.2

Embedded Event Manager (EEM) is a distributed and customized approach to event detection and

recovery offered directly in a Cisco IOS device. EEM offers the ability to monitor events and take

informational, corrective, or any desired EEM action when the monitored events occur or when a

threshold is reached. An EEM policy is an entity that defines an event and the actions to be taken when

that event occurs.

EEM 3.2 is supported in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(52)SE and later releases, and introduced many new

features.