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Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Modules for the IBM BladeCenter, Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Overview
Features
• Port blocking on forwarding unknown unicast and multicast traffic
• Per-port broadcast storm control for preventing faulty end stations from degrading overall system
performance with broadcast storms
• Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP) and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for automatic
creation of EtherChannel links
• Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) snooping for IGMP versions 1, 2, and 3 to limit
flooding of IP multicast traffic
• IGMP report suppression for sending only one IGMP report per multicast router query to the
multicast devices (supported only for IGMPv1 or IGMPv2 queries)
• IGMP snooping querier support to configure switch to generate periodic IGMP General Query
messages
• Multicast VLAN registration (MVR) to continuously send multicast streams in a multicast VLAN
while isolating the streams from subscriber VLANs for bandwidth and security reasons
• IGMP filtering for controlling the set of multicast groups to which hosts on a switch port can belong
• IGMP throttling for configuring the action when the maximum number of entries is in the IGMP
forwarding table
• Protected port (private VLAN edge port) option for restricting the forwarding of traffic to
designated ports on the same switch
• Dynamic address learning for enhanced security
Manageability
• Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) for identifying a switch through its IP address and its
corresponding MAC address
• Unicast MAC address filtering to drop packets with specific source or destination MAC addresses
• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) versions 1 and 2 for network topology discovery and mapping
between the switch and other Cisco devices on the network
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) for providing a consistent time stamp to all switches from an external
source
• Directed unicast requests to a TFTP server for obtaining software upgrades from a TFTP server
• Default configuration storage in flash memory to ensure that the switch can be connected to a
network and can forward traffic with minimal user intervention
• In-band management access through the embedded device manager through a Netscape Navigator
or Internet Explorer session
• In-band management access through up to 16 simultaneous Telnet connections for multiple
command-line interface (CLI)-based sessions over the network
• In-band management access through up to five simultaneous, encrypted Secure Shell (SSH)
connections for multiple CLI-based sessions over the network (only available in the enhanced
cryptographic software image)
• In-band management access through SNMP versions 1, 2c, and 3 get and set requests
