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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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Out-of-band management access through the switch console port to a directly attached terminal or
to a remote terminal through a serial connection or a modem
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The internal Ethernet interface fa0, a Layer 3 interface that you can communicate with only through
the HP Onboard Administrator
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Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) feature to provide a secure and authenticated method for copying
switch configuration or switch image files (requires the cryptographic version of the software)
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The HTTP client in Cisco IOS supports can send requests to both IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP servers, and
the HTTP server in Cisco IOS can service HTTP requests from both IPv4 and IPv6 HTTP clients.
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Simple Network and Management Protocol (SNMP) can be configured over IPv6 transport so that
an IPv6 host can send SNMP queries and receive SNMP notifications from a device running IPv6.
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IPv6 supports stateless autoconfiguration to manage link, subnet, and site addressing changes, such
as management of host and mobile IP addresses.
Availability and Redundancy Features
These are the availability and redundancy features:
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HSRP for command switch and Layer 3 router redundancy
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UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) and aggressive UDLD for detecting and disabling
unidirectional links on fiber-optic interfaces caused by incorrect fiber-optic wiring or port faults
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IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) for redundant backbone connections and loop-free
networks. STP has these features:
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Up to 128 spanning-tree instances supported
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Per-VLAN spanning-tree plus (PVST+) for load balancing across VLANs
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Rapid PVST+ for load balancing across VLANs and providing rapid convergence of
spanning-tree instances
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UplinkFast and BackboneFast for fast convergence after a spanning-tree topology change and
for achieving load balancing between redundant uplinks, including Gigabit uplinks
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IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) for grouping VLANs into a spanning-tree
instance and for providing multiple forwarding paths for data traffic and load balancing and rapid
per-VLAN Spanning-Tree plus (rapid-PVST+) based on the IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (RSTP) for rapid convergence of the spanning tree by immediately changing root and
designated ports to the forwarding state
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Optional spanning-tree features available in PVST+, rapid-PVST+, and MSTP mode:
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Port Fast for eliminating the forwarding delay by enabling a port to immediately change from
the blocking state to the forwarding state
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BPDU guard for shutting down Port Fast-enabled ports that receive bridge protocol data units
(BPDUs)
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BPDU filtering for preventing a Port Fast-enabled port from sending or receiving BPDUs
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Root guard for preventing switches outside the network core from becoming the spanning-tree
root
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Loop guard for preventing alternate or root ports from becoming designated ports because of a
failure that leads to a unidirectional link
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Equal-cost routing for link-level and switch-level redundancy