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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
For more information, see
Chapter 24, “Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping,”
and
Chapter 35,
“Configuring IPv6 ACLs.”
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Advanced IP services feature set, which provides full IPv6 support. It includes all IP service features
with IPv6 routing and IPv6 ACLs. For more information on IPv6 routing, see
Chapter 39,
“Configuring IPv6 Unicast Routing.”
For more information about IPv6 ACLs, see
Chapter 35,
“Configuring IPv6 ACLs.”
Note
Unless otherwise noted, all features described in this chapter and in this guide are supported on
both the IP base and IP services feature sets.
The switch has these features:
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Deployment Features, page 1-2
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Performance Features, page 1-3
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Management Options, page 1-5
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Manageability Features, page 1-5
(includes a feature requiring the cryptographic universal software
image)
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Availability and Redundancy Features, page 1-6
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VLAN Features, page 1-7
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Security Features, page 1-8
(includes a feature requiring the cryptographic universal software
image)
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QoS and CoS Features, page 1-10
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Layer 3 Features, page 1-11
(includes features requiring the IP services feature set)
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Monitoring Features, page 1-12
Deployment Features
The switch ships with these features:
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Express Setup for quickly configuring a switch for the first time with basic IP information, contact
information, switch and Telnet passwords, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
information through a browser-based program. For more information about Express Setup, see the
getting started guide.
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User-defined and Cisco-default Smartports macros for creating custom switch configurations for
simplified deployment across the network.
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An embedded device manager GUI for configuring and monitoring a single switch through a web
browser. For information about starting the device manager, see the getting started guide. For more
information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
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Cisco Network Assistant (referred to as Network Assistant) for
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Managing communities, which are device groups like clusters, except that they can contain
routers and access points and can be made more secure.
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Simplifying and minimizing switch and switch stack management from anywhere in your
intranet.
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Accomplishing multiple configuration tasks from a single graphical interface without needing
to remember command-line interface (CLI) commands to accomplish specific tasks.