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Cisco Catalyst Switch Modules 3110G and 3110X for IBM BladeCenter

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Protocol-Independent Multicast (PIM) for multicast routing within the network, allowing for devices 

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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 (IP services feature set is required).

Multicast Source Discovery Protocol (MSDP) for connecting multiple PIM-SM domains (IP 

z

services feature set is required).

Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) tunneling for interconnecting two 

z

multicast-enabled networks across nonmulticast networks (an IP services feature set is required).

DHCP relay for forwarding UDP broadcasts, including IP address requests, from DHCP clients.

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IPv6 support:

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IPv6 host support (IPv6 unicast addressing, IPv6 traffic processing, IPv6 applications support 

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including DNS, ping, traceroute, telnet, ftp, tftp, http, and ssh). IPv6 traffic forwarding is not 
supported. IPv6 host support is incorporated into an IP Base software feature set that comes 
standard with this switch module.

IPv4 and IPv6 coexistence. The switch module supports dual IPv4 and IPv6 protocol stacks 

z

to provide seamless step-by-step migration to an IPv6 environment.

IPv6 unicast routing capability (IPv6 traffic forwarding, static routes, RIP, and OSPF) for 

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forwarding IPv6 traffic through configured interfaces (an advanced IP services feature set is 
required).

Support for EIGRP IPv6, which utilizes IPv6 transport, communicates with IPv6 peers, and 

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advertises IPv6 routes (an advanced IP services feature set is required).

Support for IPv6 Access Control Lists (ACLs) (an advanced IP services feature set is 

z

required).

IP unicast reverse path forwarding (unicast RPF) for confirming source packet IP addresses.

z

Nonstop forwarding (NSF) awareness to enable the Layer 3 switch to continue forwarding 

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packets from an NSF-capable neighboring router when the primary route processor (RP) is failing 
and the backup RP is taking over, or when the primary RP is manually reloaded for a 
nondisruptive software upgrade (an IP services feature set is required).

NSF-capable routing for OSPF and EIGRP that allows the switch to rebuild routing tables based 

z

on information from NSF-aware and NSF-capable neighbors (an IP services feature set is 
required).

Monitoring

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Switch LEDs that provide visual port, switch, and stack-level status.

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SPAN/RSPAN support for local and remote monitoring of the network.

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Four groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) of embedded remote monitoring (RMON) 

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agents for network monitoring and traffic analysis.

MAC address notification for tracking the MAC addresses that the switch has learned or removed.

z

Syslog facility for logging system messages about authentication or authorization errors, resource 

z

issues, and time-out events.

Layer 2 trace route to identify the physical path that a packet takes from a source device to a 

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destination device.

Time Domain Reflector (TDR) to diagnose and resolve cabling problems on 10/100 and 

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10/100/1000 copper Ethernet ports.

Online diagnostics to test the hardware functionality of the supervisor engine, modules, and 

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switch while the switch is connected to a live network.

Summary of Contents for Catalyst 3110G

Page 1: ...backbone switches or routers Built upon Cisco s market leading hardware and IOS software the switches are designed to deliver scalable high performance highly resilient connectivity while reducing server infrastructure complexity Figure 1 Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G left and 3110X right The 3110X has a separate X2 transceiver module installed Did you know The Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 31...

Page 2: ...vanced IP Services S W Upgrade License provides support for IPv6 forwarding and routing It z is available through a Cisco Systems reseller only The switch module part numbers include the following items Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G or Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110X z USB to DB9 console cable z One 1 meter StackWise Plus cable z Documentation z The switches each have two external high spe...

Page 3: ...available for order from Cisco Systems resellers as listed in Table 2 USB style serial port This is the Cisco console port and offers an out of band management path z if desired A USB to DB 9 cable is used to connect the switch module to a PC This cable is shipped with the switch 14 internal full duplex Gigabit ports one connected to each of the blade servers in the z BladeCenter unit One internal...

Page 4: ... Protocol NTP for providing a consistent time stamp to all switches from an z external source Directed unicast requests to a Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server for obtaining software z upgrades from a TFTP server Default configuration storage in flash memory to ensure that the switch can be connected to a z network and can forward traffic with minimal user intervention In band monitoring o...

Page 5: ...dancy VLAN support z Support for 1005 total VLANs These VLANs can be any VLAN ID from 1 4094 except 1001 z 1005 which are reserved by Cisco Cisco Inter Switch Link ISL and IEEE 802 1Q trunking protocol on all ports for network moves z adds and changes management and control of broadcast and multicast traffic and network security by establishing VLAN groups for high security users and network resou...

Page 6: ...hentication with port security for authenticating the port and z managing network access for all MAC addresses including that of the client IEEE 802 1X port based authentication with voice VLAN to allow an IP phone access to the voice z VLAN irrespective of the authorized or unauthorized state of the port IEEE 802 1X port based authentication with guest VLAN to provided limited services to z non 8...

Page 7: ...oIP enhancement for port based trust of z DSCP and priority queuing for egress traffic Egress policing and scheduling of egress queues four egress queues on all switch ports z support for strict priority and weighted round robin WRR CoS policies Layer 3 features z HSRP for Layer 3 router redundancy z IP routing protocols for load balancing and for constructing scalable routed backbones z RIP Versi...

Page 8: ... transport communicates with IPv6 peers and z advertises IPv6 routes an advanced IP services feature set is required Support for IPv6 Access Control Lists ACLs an advanced IP services feature set is z required IP unicast reverse path forwarding unicast RPF for confirming source packet IP addresses z Nonstop forwarding NSF awareness to enable the Layer 3 switch to continue forwarding z packets from...

Page 9: ...quired IEEE standards z The Cisco Catalyst Switch Modules 3110G and 3110X support the following IEEE standards IEEE 802 1d Spanning Tree Protocol STP z IEEE 802 1s Multiple STP MSTP z IEEE 802 1w Rapid STP RSTP z IEEE 802 1p CoS prioritization z IEEE 802 1Q Tagged VLAN frame tagging on all ports when VLANs are enabled z IEEE 802 1x port based authentication z IEEE 802 2 Logical Link Control z IEEE...

Page 10: ...de Switch sample topology A VBS stack has the following major characteristics Up to nine physical switches can be combined in one stack one master switch and up to eight z member switches Two dedicated connectors on a switch are used to create VBS and switches are connected in a ring z Stack connections form two counter rotating unidirectional links with up to 32 Gbps of raw capacity per stack mem...

Page 11: ... level and the blade appears to be connected to the single switch Uplink sharing can help simplify design by reducing the number of external links going out of the rack z that is not all switches in the stack must have uplinks For example instead of using two 1 Gb ports per switch as a redundant uplink for eight switches for a total of 16 cables going out of rack you may choose to use just two 10 ...

Page 12: ... 1 4 and with the addition of the Multi Switch Interconnect Module MSIM in the BladeCenter H can also fit in a high speed I O bay bays 7 10 These switch modules are not supported with MSIM HT in high speed bays of the BladeCenter HT chassis Table 5 Expansion card and BladeCenter chassis I O bays support Description Part Number Gigabit Ethernet integrated on the server planar None Y Y N N N N N N N...

Page 13: ...re internal to the chassis The two switches are connected together with StackWise Plus cables to form a single Virtual Blade Switch Figure 3 Using Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110 to route the integrated Ethernet ports Table 6 lists the components that are used in the two port configuration shown in Figure 3 Table 6 Components used in the two ports per server configuration Diagram reference Part ...

Page 14: ...dule 3110 to route the four Ethernet ports from the integrated controller and a CFFv or CIOv expansion card Table 7 lists the components that are used in the four port configuration shown in Figure 4 Table 7 Components used in the four ports per server configuration Diagram reference Part number machine type Description Quantity Varies IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14 None Et...

Page 15: ...ents that are used in the eight Ethernet ports per server configuration shown in Figure 5 Table 8 Components used in the eight Ethernet ports per server configuration Diagram reference Part number machine type Description Quantity Varies IBM BladeCenter HS22 or other supported server 1 to 14 None Ethernet controller on the system board of the server 1 per server Varies Compatible CFFv or CIOv expa...

Page 16: ...re 6 Front panel of the Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G left and 3110X right The front panel contains the components identified in Table 9 Table 9 Front panel callouts Callout Description 1 8 Stack member LED 2 9 Mode button 3 10 Fault stack mode LED 4 11 System power LED 5 12 Stack master LED 6 7 Port link and activity LEDs for each RJ 45 3110G 13 X2 port status LEDs 3110X ...

Page 17: ...alyst Switch Module 3110X network cables 10GBASE SR cables are listed in Table 10 Table 10 10GBASE SR cabling specifications Wavelength Cable type Core size microns Modal bandwidth MHz km Maximum cable length 850 nm MMF 62 5 160 85 feet 26 m 850 nm MMF 62 5 200 108 feet 33 m 850 nm MMF 50 400 217 feet 66 m 850 nm MMF 50 500 269 feet 82 m 850 nm MMF 50 2000 984 feet 300 m 10GBASE LRM cables are lis...

Page 18: ...o Catalyst Switch Module 3110 and 3012 Software Configuration Guide z Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G 3110X and 3012 Hardware Installation Guide z Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110G 3110X and 3012 Getting Started Guide z Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110 and 3012 Command Reference z Cisco Catalyst Switch Module 3110 Design Guide z Other documents IBM US Announcement Letter z http ibm com common...

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