Cisco Systems 4500 Ethernet Management Port , FAT File Management System on Supervisor Engine 6-E and 6L-E, Forced 10/100 Autonegotiation, Intelligent Power Management, MAC Address Notification, MAC Notify MIB

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Software Configuration Guide—Release 15.0(2)SG
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Chapter 1 Product Overview Management Features
Ethernet Management Port
The Ethernet management port, also referred to as the Fa1 or fastethernet1 port, is a Layer 3 host port
to which you can connect a PC. You can use the Ethernet management port instead of the switch console
port for network management. When managing a switch stack, connect the PC to the Ethernet
management port on a Catalyst 4500 series switch.
For more information on Ethernet management port, see the “Using the Ethernet Management Port”
section in Chapter 6, “Configuring Interfaces.”
FAT File Management System on Supervisor Engine 6-E and 6L-E
The FAT file system is widely used to manage files on devices disks and flash. The support of the FAT
file system allows you to easily remove, add, and/or transfer images to and from the flash.
Forced 10/100 Autonegotiation
This feature allows you to configure a port to limit the speed at which it will autonegotiate to a speed
lower than the physically maximum speed. This method of reducing the throughput incurs much less
overhead than using an ACL.
Intelligent Power Management
Working with powered devices (PDs) from Cisco, this feature uses power negotiation to ref ine the po wer
consumption of an 802.3af-compliant PD beyond the granularity of power consumption provided by the
802.3af class. Power negotiation also enables the backward compatibility of newer PDs with older
modules that do not support either 802.3af or high-power levels as required by IEEE standard.
For more information on Intelligent Power Management, see the “Intelligent Power Management”
section in Chapter 11, “Configuring Power over Ethernet.”
MAC Address Notification
MAC address notification monitors the MAC addresses that are learned by, aged out, or removed from
the Catalyst 4500 series switch. Notifications are sent out or retrieved by using the
CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION MIB. It is typically used by a central network management application
to collect such MAC address notification events for host moves. User-configurable MAC table
utilization thresholds can be defined to notify any potential DoS or man-in-the-middle attack.
For information on MAC Address Notification, see Chapter 4, “Administering the Switch.”
MAC Notify MIB
The MAC Notify MIB feature monitors network performance, utilization, and security conditions
enabling a network administrator to track the MAC addresses that are learned or removed on the switch
forwarding the Ethernet frames.