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Cisco Systems IntelligentGigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for the IBM BladeCenter, Software Configuration Guide
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Overview
This chapter provides these topics about the Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module:
Features, page 1-1
Management Options, page 1-6
Network Configuration Examples, page 1-7
Where to Go Next, page 1-8
Note In this document, IP refers to IP version 4 (IPv4). Laye r 3 IP version 6 (IPv6) packets are treated as
non-IP packets.

Features

This section describes the features supported in this release.

Ease of Use and Ease of Deployment

User-defined Smartports macros for creating custom switch configurations for simplified
deployment across the network.
Embedded device manager GUI for configuring and monitoring a single switch through a web
browser. For information about launching the device manager, see the switch hardware installation
guide. For more information about the device manager, see the switch online help.
Real-time status monitoring of a switch from the LEDs on a front -panel image from the device
manager.

Performance

Autosensing of speed on the 10/100/1000 ports and au tonegotiation of duplex mode on the external
ports for optimizing bandwidth
Fast EtherChannel and Gigabit EtherChannel for enhanced fault tolerance and for providing up
to 4 Gbps of bandwidth among switches, routers, and servers
Support for frame sizes from 64 to 9216 bytes