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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter1 Overview Features
Nonstop forwarding (NSF) awareness to enable the Layer 3 switch to continue for wardi ng p ackets
from an NSF-capable neighboring router when the primary r oute proc e ssor (R P) is faili ng an d t he
backup RP is taking over, or when the primary RP is manually reloaded for a nondisruptive software
upgrade (requires the IP services feature set)
NSF-capable routing for OSPF and EIGRP that allows the switch to rebuild routing tables based on
information from NSF-aware and NSF-capable neighbors (only stacking-capable switches)
Monitoring Features
These are the monitoring features:
Switch LEDs that provide port-, switch-, and stack-level status on stacking-capable switches
MAC address notification traps and RADIUS accounting for tracking users on a network by storing
the MAC addresses that the switch has learned or removed
Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) and Remote SPAN (RSPAN) for traffic monitoring on any port or
VLAN
SPAN and RSPAN support of Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) to monitor, repel, and report
network security violations
Four groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) of embedded RMON agents for n etwork
monitoring and traffic analysis
Syslog facility for logging system messages about authentication or authorization errors, resource
issues, and time-out events
Layer 2 traceroute to identify the physical path that a packet takes from a source device to a
destination device
Time Domain Reflector (TDR) to diagnose and resolve cabling problems on 10/100 and
10/100/1000 copper Ethernet ports
SFP module diagnostic management interface to monitor physical or operational status of an SFP
module
Online diagnostics to test the hardware functionality of the supervisor engine, modules, and switch
while the switch is connected to a live network
On-board failure logging (OBFL) to collect information about the switch and the power supplies
connected to it
Enhanced object tracking (EOT) for HSRP to determine the proportion of ho sts in a LAN by tracking
the routing table state or to trigger the standby router failover
IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs) support to measure network performance by using active
traffic monitoring
IP SLAs EOT to use the output from IP SLAs tracking operations triggered by an action such as
latency, jitter, or packet loss for a standby router failover takeover
Embedded event manager (EEM) for device and system management to monitor key system events
and then act on them though a policy