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Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit 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). Layer 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 autonegotiation 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
