Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP p-Class BladeSystem Software Configuration Guide
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Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module for HP p-Class BladeSystem Software Configuration Guide
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Preface
Audience
This guide is for the networking professional managing the Cisco Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module
(CGESM), referred to as the switch. Before using this guide, you should have experience working with
the Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area
networking.
Purpose
This guide provides the information that you need to configure Cisco IOS software features on your
switch. The Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch software provides enterprise-class intelligent services such as
access control lists (ACLs) and quality of service (QoS) features.
This guide provides procedures for using the commands that have been created or changed for use with
the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch switch. It does not provide detailed information about these
commands. For detailed information about these commands, see the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch
Command Reference for this release. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.2
commands, see the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Technical
Support & Documentation > Cisco IOS Software.
This guide does not provide detailed information on the graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for the
embedded device manager or for Cisco Network Assistant (hereafter referred to as Network Assistant)
that you can use to manage the switch. However, the concepts in this guide are applicable to the GUI
user. For information about the device manager, see the switch online help. For information about
Network Assistant, see Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant, available on Cisco.com.
This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter or how to install your switch. For
more information, see the Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch System Message Guide for this release and the
Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch Hardware Installation Guide.
For documentation updates, see the release notes for this release.