Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP BladeSystem p-Class Release Notes, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(46)SE

501396-001

New Software Features

This section describes the new and updated software features provided in this release:

• Generic message authentication support with the SSH Protocol and compliance with RFC 4256

• IPv6 default router preference (DRP) for improving the ability of a host to select an appropriate

router

• DHCP server port-based address allocation for the preassignment of an IP address to a switch port

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

Generic message authentication support with the SSH Protocol and

compliance with RFC 4256.

12.2(46)SE

IPv6 default router preference (DRP) 12.2(46)SE

DHCP server port-based address allocation 12.2(46)SE

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