Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP BladeSystem p-Class Release Notes, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(40)SE
Table Of Contents
- Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HPBladeSystem p-Class Release Notes, CiscoIOSRelease...
- Contents
- System Requirements
- Upgrading the Switch Software
- Installation Notes
- New Software Features
- Minimum Cisco IOS Release for Major Features
- Limitations and Restrictions
- Important Notes
- VLAN Interfaces and MAC Addresses
- Documentation Notes
- Open Caveats
- Resolved Caveats
- Documentation Updates
- Related Documentation
- Technical support

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Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP BladeSystem p-Class Release Notes, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(40)SE
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New Software Features
New Software Features
These are the new features in this release:
• Configuration replacement and rollback to replace the running configuration on a switch with any
saved Cisco IOS configuration file
• IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs) responder support that allows the switch to be a target
device for IP SLAs active traffic monitoring
• Private VLANs to allow traffic to be segmented at the data-link layer (Layer 2), limiting the size of
the broadcast domain
• Support for the Link Layer Discovery Protocol Media Extensions (LLDP-MED) location TLV that
provides location information from the switch to the endpoint device
• Support for the CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB
Minimum Cisco IOS Release for Major Features
Table 3 lists the minimum software release required to support the major features on this switch.
Table 3 CGESM Switch Features and the Minimum Cisco IOS Release Required
Feature
Minimum Cisco IOS
Release Required
Configuration replacement and rollback 12.2(40)SE
IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs) responder 12.2(40)SE
Private VLANs 12.2(40)SE
Link Layer Discovery Protocol Media Extensions (LLDP-MED) 12.2(40)SE
Support for the CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB 12.2(40)SE
VLAN Flex Links load balancing 12.2(37)SE
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP Media Endpoint
Discovery (LLDP-MED)
12.2(37)SE
VLAN aware port security 12.2(37)SE
Support for DHCP snooping statistics 12.2(37)SE
Support for auto rendezvous point (auto-RP) for multicast 12.2(37)SE
Web authentication 12.2(35)SE
Support for DSCP transparency 12.2(25)SE1
Support for VLAN-based QoS and hierarchical policy maps on SVIs 12.2(25)SE1
Device manager 12.2(25)SE1
Support for SSL version 3.0 for secure HTTP communication
(cryptographic images only)
12.2(25)SE1
802.1x accounting and MIBs (IEEE8021-PAE-MIB and
CISCO-PAE-MIB)
12.2(25)SE1
Flex Links 12.2(25)SE1
HTTP software upgrade (device manager only) 12.2(25)SE1