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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
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IP services feature set, which provides a richer set of enterprise-class intelligent services and full
IPv6 support. It includes all IP base features plus full Layer 3 routing (IP unicast routing, IP
multicast routing, and fallback bridging). The IP services feature set includes protocols such as the
Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) and the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Protocol. This feature set also supports all IP service features with IPv6 routing and IPv6 ACLs and
Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) snooping.
IP services-only Layer 3 features are described in the
“Layer 3 Features” section on page 1-14
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Chapter 25, “Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping,”
and
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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Performance Features, page 1-4
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Manageability Features, page 1-6
(includes a feature requiring the cryptographic universal software
image)
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Availability and Redundancy Features, page 1-8
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(includes a feature requiring the cryptographic universal software
image)
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QoS and CoS Features, page 1-13
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(includes features requiring the IP services feature set)
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Monitoring Features, page 1-16
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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Local web authentication banner so that custom banner or image file can be displayed at a web
authentication login screen.
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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.