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Cisco Systems IntelligentGigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for the IBM BladeCenter, Software Configuration Guide
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Preface

Audience

This guide is for the networking professional managing the Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet
Switch Modules, hereafter referred to as the switch. Before using this guide, you should have experience
working with the Cisco IOS and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area
networking.

Purpose

This guide provides the information you need to configure software features on your switch.
Use this guide with other documents for information about these topics:
•Requirements—This guide assumes that you have met the hardware and software requirements
described in the release notes.
•Start-up information—This guide assumes that you have assigned switch IP information and
passwords by using the BladeCenter Management Module WEB page descri bed in the IBM
BladeCenter QuickStart Guide.
•Embedded device manager graphical user interface (GUI)—This guide does not provide detailed
information on the GUI. However, the concepts in this guide are applicable to the GUI user. For
information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
•CLI command information—This guide provides an overview for using the CLI. For complete
syntax and usage information about the commands that have been specifically created or changed
for the switches, see the command reference for this release.
This guide provides procedures for using the commands that have been created or c hanged for use with
the switch. It does not provide detailed information about these commands. For detailed information
about these commands, see the command reference for this rele ase.
This guide does not repeat the concepts and CLI procedures provided in the standard Cisco IOS
Release12.1 documentation. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.1 commands, see
the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Service and Support >
Technical Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select Release12.1 from th e Cisco
IOS Software drop-down list.
This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter or how to install your switch. For
this information, see the system message guide for this release and to the hardware installation guide.
For documentation updates, see the release notes for this release.