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Software Description
Software on the CP6940 includes the following parts:
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Bootloader
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initrd (including rootFS, kernel)
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Application software (FASTPATH switching SW)
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IPMI Firmware
The Software accomplishes operation of the switching hardware and is therefore also referenced as firmware. It is pre-
installed on the system and can only be updated by a dedicated update procedure. This manual describes bootloader,
Linux rootfs/kernel and IPMI firmware, last chapter introduces the update procedures.
For additional information of system configuration using CLI commands refer to documentation “
CP6940 CLI Reference
Manua
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4.1
Supported RFCs
The Software supports the following standards and RFCs.
4.1.1
FASTPATH Management
Core Features
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RFC 854—Telnet
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RFC 855—Telnet option specifications
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RFC 1155—SMI v1
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RFC 1157—SNMP
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RFC 1212—Concise MIB definitions
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RFC 1867—HTML/2.0 forms with file upload extensions
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RFC 1901—Community-based SNMP v2
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RFC 1908—Coexistence between SNMP v1 and SNMP v2
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RFC 2068—HTTP/1.1 protocol as updated by draft-ietf-http-v11-spec-rev-03
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RFC 2271—SNMP framework MIB
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RFC 2295—Transparent content negotiation
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RFC 2296—Remote variant selection; RSVA/1.0 state management cookies—draft-ietf-http-state-mgmt-05
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RFC 2576—Coexistence between SNMP v1, v2, and v3
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RFC 2578—SMI v2
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RFC 2579—Textual conventions for SMI v2
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RFC 2580—Conformance statements for SMI v2
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RFC 2616—HTTP/1.
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RFC 3410—Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework
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RFC 3411—An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks
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RFC 3412—Message Processing & Dispatching
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RFC 3413—SNMP Applications
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RFC 3414—User-Based Security Model
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RFC 3415—View-based Access Control Model
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RFC 3416—Version 2 of SNMP Protocol Operations
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RFC 3417—Transport Mappings
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RFC 3418—Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
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Configurable management VLAN
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SSL 3.0 and TLS 1.0
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RFC 2246—The TLS protocol, version 1.0
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RFC 2818—HTTP over TLS
