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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter1 Overview Features
•Out-of-band management access through the switch console port to a directly attached terminal or
to a remote terminal through a serial connection or a mo dem
•Out-of-band management access through the Ethernet management port to a PC
•Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) feature to provide a secure and authenticated method for copying
switch configuration or switch image files (requires the cryptographic universal software image)
Note For additional descriptions of the management interfaces, see the “Network Configuration Examples”
section on page 1-16.
Availability and Redundancy Features
These are the availability and redundancy features:
•HSRP for command switch and Layer 3 router redundancy
•Automatic stack master re-election (failover support) for replacing stack master s tha t b ecom e
unavailable
The newly elected stack master begins accepting Layer2 traffic in less than 1second and Layer 3
traffic between 3 to 5 sec onds.
•Cross-stack EtherChannel for providing redundant links across the switch stack
•UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) and aggressive UDLD for detecting and disabling
unidirectional links on fiber-optic interfaces caused by incorrect fiber-optic wiring or po rt fault s
•IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) for redundant backbone connections and loop-free
networks. STP has these features:
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Up to 128 spanning-tree instances supported
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Per-VLAN spanning-tree plus (PVST+) for load-balancing across VLANs
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Rapid PVST+ for load-balancing across VLANs and providing rapid convergence of
spanning-tree instances
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UplinkFast, cross-stack UplinkFast, and BackboneFast for fast convergence after a
spanning-tree topology change and for achieving load-balancing between redundant up links,
including Gigabit uplinks and cross-stack Gigabit uplinks
•IEEE 802.1s Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP) for grouping VLANs into a spanning-tree
instance and for providing multiple forwarding paths for data traffic and load-balancing and rapid
per-VLAN Spanning-Tree plus (rapid-PVST+) based on the IEEE 802.1w Rapid Spanning Tree
Protocol (RSTP) for rapid convergence of the spanning tree by immediately chang in g root an d
designated ports to the forwarding state
•Optional spanning-tree features available in PVST+, rapid-PVST+, and MST P m ode:
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Port Fast for eliminating the forwarding delay by enabling a port to i mmed iat ely cha nge fro m
the blocking state to the forwarding state
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BPDU guard for shutting down Port Fast-enabled ports that receive bridge protocol data units
(BPDUs)
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BPDU filtering for preventing a Port Fast-enabled port from sending or receiving BPDUs