Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP p-Class BladeSystem Release Notes, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)SED

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Installation notes
You can assign IP information to your switch by using these methods:
• The Express Setup program, as described in the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP p-Class
BladeSystem Hardware Installation Guide.
• The CLI-based setup program, as described in the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP p-Class
BladeSystem Hardware Installation Guide.
• The DHCP-based autoconfiguration, as described in the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP
p-Class BladeSystem Software Configuration Guide.
• Manually assigning an IP address, as described in the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP p-Class
BladeSystem Software Configuration Guide.
Major features
This release contains these features:
• The device manager is included in the switch image and provides simplified management for a single
switch. Its features, such as Smartports and color-coded graphs, make it easier to configure and monitor the
switch. No special installation is required. After the switch is configured through the Express Setup program
or through the CLI-based setup program, the device manager is accessible through a Microsoft Internet
Explorer or Netscape Navigator browser session. For more information, see the device manager online
help. For information on how to display the device manager, see the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
for HP p-Class BladeSystem Hardware Installation Guide.
• Secure Socket Layer (SSL) version 3.0 support for the HTTP1.1 server authentication, encryption, and
message integrity, and HTTP client authentication to allow secure HTTP communications (only available in
the cryptographic software image)
• Storm-control enhancements:
• Specify the traffic rate in packets per second or in bits per second at which broadcast, multicast, or
unicast packets are received.
• Specify an action to take when a storm control occurs on a port.
• Support for DSCP transparency. If DSCP transparency is enabled, the switch does not modify the DSCP
field in the incoming packet, and the DSCP field in the outgoing packet is the same as that in the incoming
packet.
• Support for VLAN-based QoS and hierarchical policy maps on switch virtual interfaces (SVIs).
• IP IGMP snooping querier to determine if any devices connected to a switch interface are interested in
traffic for a specific multicast group.
• IGMP leave timer to configure the leave latency for the network.
• Support for frame sizes up to 9216 bytes.
• Layer 2 trunk failover, also known as link-state tracking, for Layer 2 redundancy in the network.
• EtherChannel load balancing based on source IP and destination IP addresses.
• Port blocking on forwarding unknown unicast and multicast traffic.
• Beginning with this release, Cluster Management Suite (CMS) is no longer available with the switch
software. You can use the embedded device manager to configure or to manage a single switch.
The device manager is included in the switch image and provides simplified management for a single
switch. No special installation is required. The device manager is accessible through a Microsoft Internet
Explorer or a Netscape Navigator browser session. For more information, see the device manager online
help.
• Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) feature to provide a secure and authenticated method for copying switch
configuration or switch image files. Catalyst 3750 and 3560 switches and Cisco EtherSwitch service
modules require the cryptographic versions of the software IP base and IP services images, and Catalyst
2970 and CGESM switches require the cryptographic version of the software.
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Configuration logging to log and to view changes to the switch configuration.
• Unique device identifier to provide product identification information through a show inventory user
EXEC command display.
• Support for multiple spanning-tree (MST) based on the IEEE 802.1s standard.
• IEEE 802.1x with wake-on-LAN to allow dormant PCs to be powered on based on the receipt of a specific
Ethernet frame.