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Supported Cisco Switches

Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches

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Supported Alarms for Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technologies

 

Event Name

Supported

Support Added In

Expedited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base Logical

 

Memory

Yes

Cisco ANA 4.0

No

Component

 

Overutilized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Routing Protocols

BGP Neighbor

Yes

Cisco ANA 4.0

No

 

 

Loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supported Topologies for Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series Switches

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Supported Topologies for Cisco Catalyst 3550 Series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topology Type

 

Topology Discovery Technique

Topology Verification Technique

Additional Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Layer

 

CDP

CDP

The ports are tested on separate VNEs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by checking the VNE management IP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

includes any upper-layer techniques,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

such as MAC in Ethernet. In this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

technique the matching criteria is the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDP neighboring information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Layer

 

Static

You can create a static link between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

managed network elements by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

selecting the two end ports of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network elements. To create a static

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

topological link, select the exact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

location of the two end ports (at both

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ends of the link).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For information on creating a Static

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

link, see Cisco Active Network

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abstraction 4.0.2 User and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administration Guide on Cisco.com:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps6776/products_user_guide_list.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet

 

MAC address

Ethernet counters

MAC: Ethernet port MAC is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

determined using bridge and ARP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

tables. This technique discovers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

links between routers and links

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

between router and switch. It does

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not discover links between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

switches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet Counters: Based on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unicast packets traffic signature.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MPLS

 

Not supported

Not supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BGP

 

Not supported

Not supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VPN (VRF)

 

Not supported

Not supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tunnel

 

Not supported

Not supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Active Network Abstraction VNE Reference

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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