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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 for HP Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
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IGMP helper to allow the switch to forward a host request to join a multicast stream to a specific IP
destination address
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Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping to enable efficient distribution of IP Version 6 (IPv6)
multicast data to clients and routers in a switched network.
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Multicast VLAN registration (MVR) to continuously send multicast streams in a multicast VLAN
while isolating the streams from subscriber VLANs for bandwidth and security reasons
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IGMP filtering for controlling the set of multicast groups to which hosts on a switch port can belong
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IGMP throttling for configuring the action when the maximum number of entries is in the IGMP
forwarding table
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IGMP leave timer for configuring the leave latency for the network
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Switch Database Management (SDM) templates for allocating system resources to maximize
support for user-selected features
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Cisco IOS IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs), a part of Cisco IOS software that uses active traffic
monitoring for measuring network performance
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Configurable small-frame arrival threshold to prevent storm control when small frames (64 bytes or
less) arrive on an interface at a specified rate (the threshold)
Management Options
These are the options for configuring and managing the switch:
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An embedded device manager—The device manager is a GUI that is integrated in the software
image. You use it to configure and to monitor a single switch. For information about launching the
device manager, see the getting started guide. For more information about the device manager, see the
switch online help.
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CLI—The Cisco IOS software supports desktop- and multilayer-switching features. You can access
the CLI either by connecting your management station directly to the switch console port or by using
Telnet from a remote management station. For more information about the CLI, see
Chapter 2,
“Using the Command-Line Interface.”
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SNMP—SNMP management applications such as iscoWorks2000 LAN Management Suite (LMS)
and HP OpenView. You can manage from an SNMP-compatible management station that is running
platforms such as HP OpenView or SunNet Manager. The switch supports a comprehensive set of
MIB extensions and four remote monitoring (RMON) groups. For more information about using
SNMP, see
Chapter 30, “Configuring SNMP.”
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CNS—Cisco Networking Services is network management software that acts as a configuration
service for automating the deployment and management of network devices and services. You can
automate initial configurations and configuration updates by generating switch-specific
configuration changes, sending them to the switch, executing the configuration change, and logging
the results. For more information about CNS, see
Chapter 4, “Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents.”
Note
For additional descriptions of the management interfaces, see the
“Design Concepts for Using the
Switch” section on page 1-13
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