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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
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Cisco IOS Configuration Engine (previously known to as the Cisco IOS CNS
agent)-—Configuration service automates 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 Configuration Engine.”
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Chassis management controller (CMC) GUI—The internal Ethernet management port (also referred
to as the
Fa0 or fastethernet0 port
) on the switch sends and receives only management traffic
between the switch and the CMC. The port is connected to the CMC through the backplane
connector.
Manageability Features
These are the manageability features:
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CNS embedded agents for automating switch management, configuration storage, and delivery
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DHCP for automating configuration of switch information (such as IP address, default gateway,
hostname, and Domain Name System [DNS] and TFTP server names)
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DHCP relay for forwarding User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcasts, including IP address
requests, from DHCP clients
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DHCP server for automatic assignment of IP addresses and other DHCP options to IP hosts
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DHCP server port-based address allocation for the preassignment of an IP address to a switch port
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Directed unicast requests to a DNS server for identifying a switch through its IP address and its
corresponding hostname and to a TFTP server for administering software upgrades from a TFTP
server
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Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) for identifying a switch through its IP address and its
corresponding MAC address
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Unicast MAC address filtering to drop packets with specific source or destination MAC addresses
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Configurable MAC address scaling that allows disabling MAC address learning on a VLAN to limit
the size of the MAC address table
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Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) Versions 1 and 2 for network topology discovery and mapping
between the switch and other Cisco devices on the network
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Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) and LLDP Media Endpoint Discovery (LLDP-MED) for
interoperability with third-party IP phones
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Support for the LLDP-MED location TLV that provides location information from the switch to the
endpoint device
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Network Time Protocol (NTP) for providing a consistent time stamp to all switches from an external
source
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Cisco IOS File System (IFS) for providing a single interface to all file systems that the switch uses
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Configuration logging to log and to view changes to the switch configuration
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Configuration replacement and rollback to replace the running configuration on a switch with any
saved Cisco IOS configuration file
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Unique device identifier to provide product identification information through a
show inventory
user EXEC command display
