Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine 32 PFC3 Flash image, Cisco Catalyst OS Software Release 8.4 SC6K-S323K8-8.4= User Manual
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Hardware
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 1A
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 2
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 32
Cisco Supervisor
Engine 720
Gigabit interface
converter, SFP, and
XENPAK
Adds Support for:
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GLC-FE-100FX
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GLC-FE-100LX
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GLC-FE-100BX-U
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GLC-FE-100BX-D
Adds Support for:
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GLC-FE-100FX
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GLC-FE-100LX
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GLC-FE-100BX-U
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GLC-FE-100BX-D
Adds Support for:
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GLC-FE-100FX
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GLC-FE-100LX
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GLC-FE-100BX-U
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GLC-FE-100BX-D
Adds Support for:
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GLC-FE-100FX
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GLC-FE-100LX
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GLC-FE-100BX-U
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GLC-FE-100BX-D
Note:
Distributed forwarding with a distributed forwarding card (DFC) and DFC3A, DFC3B, and DFC3BXL is not supported using Cisco
Catalyst OS Software releases.
NEW SOFTWARE FEATURES
Cisco Catalyst OS Software Release 8.4 supports all the software features previously supported up to Release 8.3 on the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series.
New software features supported in Cisco Catalyst OS Software Release 8.4 are listed in Table 2. For more detailed information, refer to the Cisco
Catalyst OS Software Release 8.4 release notes, available at the links within the “For More Information” section.
Table 2.
Software Features of Cisco Catalyst OS Software Release 8.4
Software Feature
Description
Cisco Smartports
Macro enhancements
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Provides a set of macros that allow multiple commands to be invoked behind the scenes when only one command
is issued.
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Adds support for the CiscoSwitch, CiscoRouter, CiscoDesktop, and a global macro.
Switch profiles
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Provides the flexibility of loading a particular type of configuration on the switch as either the default
configuration or a configuration that would follow a certain set of guidelines or policies.
Security enhancements
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Offers ACL and sampled ACL hit counters
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Offers 802.1x PACLs
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Support for 802.1x Authorization Failed VLAN
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Provides CRAM algorithm
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Support for 4000 ACL labels
NetFlow enhancements
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Offers NetFlow support per VLAN
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Provides NetFlow Top Talkers
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Provides NetFlow Export with Autonomous System (AS)
Cisco EtherChannel
enhancements
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Provides automatic failover of all traffic to another port in the channel when one of the ports in the channel
exceeds a configurable error threshold
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Offers ability to error disable a port if the port is not part of a channel
Configuration rollback
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Provides the ability to roll back to a saved configuration with the least possible disturbance to switch operation
Metro Ethernet
enhancements
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Offers MAC-based ACLs
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Offers VLAN translation
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Provides L2PT enhancements