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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
Layer 3 Features
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HSRP Version 1 (HSRPv1) and HSRP Version 2 (HSRPv2) for Layer 3 router redundancy
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IP routing protocols for load balancing and for constructing scalable, routed backbones:
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RIP Versions 1 and 2
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OSPF
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EIGRP
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BGP Version 4
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IS-IS dynamic routing
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BFD protocol Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) Protocol to detect forwarding-path
failures for OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, EIGRP, or HSRP routing protocols
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IP routing between VLANs (inter-VLAN routing) for full Layer 3 routing between two or more
VLANs, allowing each VLAN to maintain its own autonomous data-link domain
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Static IP routing for manually building a routing table of network path information
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Equal-cost routing for load balancing and redundancy
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Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) for using
router advertisement and router solicitation messages to discover the addresses of routers on directly
attached subnets
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Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) for multicast routing within the network, allowing for
devices in the network to receive the multicast feed requested and for switches not participating in
the multicast to be pruned. Includes support for PIM sparse mode (PIM-SM), PIM dense mode
(PIM-DM), and PIM sparse-dense mode
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Support for the SSM PIM protocol to optimize multicast applications, such as video
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DHCP relay for forwarding UDP broadcasts, including IP address requests, from DHCP clients
Layer 3 VPN Services
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Multiple VPN routing/forwarding (multi-VRF) instances in customer edge devices (multi-VRF CE)
to allow service providers to support multiple virtual private networks (VPNs) and overlap IP
addresses between VPNs
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VRF and EIGRP compatibility
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VRF-aware services
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Support for MPLS VPNs provides the capability to deploy and administer scalable Layer 3 VPN
services to business customers. Each VPN is associated with one or more VPN routing/forwarding
(VRF) instances that include routing and forwarding tables and rules that define the VPN
membership.
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Support for MPLS Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) functionality for
monitoring lab switched paths (LSPs) and isolating MPLS forwarding problems.
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Multiple VPN multi-VRF instances in customer edge devices to allow service providers to support
multiple VPNs and to overlap IP addresses between VPNs.
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Support for MPLS traffic engineering and fast reroute link protection for rerouting LSP traffic
around a failed link