Catalyst 6500 Series Software Configuration Guide, 8.7
Index

Table Of Contents

Numerics - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y -

Index

Numerics

10/100-Mbps port speeds, setting 4-6

1000BASE-T (copper) GBIC

port negotiation limitation 4-2

10-Gigabit Ethernet Switching Module

default configuration 4-3

setting the flow control 4-8

supported encapsulation types 5-2

24-port FXS analog interface module

configuring 55-28

description 55-5

802.1ak

See MVRP

802.1Q

configuring 5-7

example configuration 5-18

mapping VLANs to ISL 11-9

overview 5-1

restrictions 5-4

VLAN mapping 11-9

802.1Q Ethertype

specifying custom 5-12

specifying default 5-13

802.1Q tagging

disabling on specific ports 5-11

802.1Q tunneling

configuration guidelines 8-2

configuring 8-4

Layer 2 protocol tunneling 8-6

rate limiters 8-7

understanding 8-1

802.1Q tunnel ports

CoS-to-CoS maps

configuring 51-60

802.1X authentication 40-23, 40-24

authentication failure VLAN, configuring 40-38

authentication server

defined 40-3

client, defined 40-3

configuring 802.1X with ACL assignments 40-26

configuring a unidirectional controlled port 40-25

configuring authenticated identity-to-port description mappings 40-37

configuring DNS resolution for a RADIUS server configuration 40-37

configuring user distribution 40-32

configuring with private VLANs 40-41

device tracking 43-1, 43-4

disabling multiple hosts 40-19

EAP-request frames

setting retransmit time 40-20

enabling and disabling 802.1X RADIUS accounting and tracking 40-34

enabling automatic reauthentication 40-17

enabling multiple hosts 40-18

global

disabling 40-14

enabling 40-14

host aging 43-1, 43-4

identity frames

setting retransmit time 40-20

inaccessible authentication bypass, configuring 40-15

individual ports

enabling 40-15

initializing 40-15

overview 40-2

RADIUS server failure, configuring 40-40

rate limiting 40-13

returning to default values 40-22

setting automatic reauthentication 40-17

setting idle time 40-19

setting reauthentication manually 40-18

setting retransmission number 40-21

supplicant

automatic reauthentication 40-17

manual reauthentication 40-18

support for DHCP relay agent 40-8

support for guest VLANs 40-9

transport layer packets

setting retransmission time 40-21

using a RADIUS server for VLAN assignment 40-7

with ARP traffic inspection 40-11

with auxiliary VLANs 40-8

with port security 40-10

802.1x authentication

manual reauthentication 40-18

802.3ah Ethernet OAM, configuring 20-26

8-port T1/E1 PSTN interface module

configuring 55-27

description 55-6

A

abbreviating commands 2-9

Accelerated Server Load Balancing

See ASLB

access control entries

See IOS ACLs

See QoS ACE

See VACLs

access control lists

See IOS ACLs

See QoS ACL

See VACLs

access control subsystem

SNMP entity 46-7

accessing the MSFC

console port 2-4

Telnet session 2-4

accounting

configuration guidelines 39-54

creating accounting records 39-52

default configuration 39-54

disabling 39-56

enabling 39-55

events 39-51

example configuration 39-57

overview 39-51

specifying RADIUS servers 39-52

suppressing accounting 39-53

updating the server 39-53

ACE

See IOS ACLs

See QoS ACE

See VACLs

ACL

See IOS ACLs

See QoS ACL

See VACLs

ACL compiler optimization, enabling 15-82

ACLs, downloadable 15-116

ACL statistics, clearing 15-85

ACL statistics, displaying 15-86

ACL statistics on a per-ACE basis, enabling 15-84

ACL statistics on a per-ACL basis, enabling 15-83

ACL statistics on a per-VLAN basis, enabling 15-84

acronyms, list of A-1

adding hosts 40-24

addresses

IP, see IP addresses

MAC, see MAC addresses

Address Recognition Protocol

See ARP table

address resolution protocol

See ARP

address table and switching 4-2

adjacency table 13-7

administering the switch 22-1, 30-1

advertisements, VTP 10-3

aggregate policing rule

See QoS policing

aging-time

CEF 13-12

MLS 14-19

PFC2 NetFlow statistics 13-29

alarms, major and minor 22-15

aliases

creating for commands 22-6

IP

creating 22-7

designating 2-6

AppleTalk, configuring interVLAN routing 12-4

ARP

configuring permanent and static entries 15-39, 22-9

inspecting ARP traffic using VACLs 15-30

restricting ARP traffic using VACLs 15-29

ASLB

cabling guidelines 53-7

configuration examples 53-18

configuring ASLB on the switch 53-7

configuring the LocalDirector interfaces 53-7

data forwarding 53-4

hardware and software requirements 53-1

Layer 2 operation 53-3

Layer 3 operation 53-3

overview 53-1, 53-2

audience 1-xxxvii

auditing agentless hosts 41-14

Auth 42-8

authentication

login

enabling 39-10, 39-11

overview 39-2

password 39-13

login lockout enhancement 39-2

NTP and 34-4

overview 39-2

recovering password 39-15

See also

Kerberos authentication

local authentication

login authentication

RADIUS authentication

TACACS+ authentication

authorization

overview 39-43

See also

RADIUS

TACACS+

authorized ports with 802.1X 40-4

automatic module shutdown

configuring 4-14

unsupported modules 4-14

automatic QoS

CLI interface 52-13

configuration guidelines and restrictions 52-4

configuration statements 52-18

CoS and DSCP values 52-2

global automatic QoS macro 52-6

how to use 52-28

macros 52-3

overview 52-1

port-specific automatic QoS macro 52-9

summary of features 52-27

syslogs 52-25

warnings and error conditions 52-23

auto-MDI/MDIX 4-7

autonegotiation

duplex 4-6

speed 4-6

trunks 5-2

auto state

disabling 12-9

autostate

configuring

exclude mode 12-7

track mode 12-8

displaying configuration 12-8

overview 12-6

exclude mode 12-6

normal mode 12-6

track mode 12-7

auxiliary VLANs

configuring 55-20

disabling auxiliary VLANs until an IP phone is detected 55-22

dynamic port VLAN membership 19-14

overview 55-8

with 802.1X authentication 40-8

B

BackboneFast 9-4

disabling 9-19

displaying statistics 9-18

enabling 9-18

figure

adding a switch 9-6, 9-7

after indirect link failure 9-5

before indirect link failure 9-5

multiple spanning tree 7-17

back-end authenticator-to-supplicant 40-21

backplane

threshold detection 20-20

banner

See login banner

blocking transitions 20-24

BOOT environment variables

clearing 25-11, 25-12

default 25-5

displaying 25-12

overview 25-3, 25-4

setting 25-10, 25-11

boot field

overview 25-3

setting 25-6

boot image and switch 23-3

booting

configuration register, setting value 25-10

from Melody Compact Flash 3-5

ignoring NVRAM 25-9

booting the MSFC for the first time 3-4

BOOTP and in-band (sc0) interface 3-10

Bootstrap Protocol

See BOOTP

BPDU

skewing 7-60

overview 7-24

BPDU Filter

multiple spanning tree 7-17

BPDU guard

disabling 9-12, 9-15

enabling 9-11, 9-14

multiple spanning tree 7-17

note 9-11

BPDU overview 7-3

BPDU skewing

monitoring 20-24

Break key (note) 2-1

bridged flow statistics 14-28, 16-3

bridge ID and MAC addresses 7-14

bridge ID priority, PVST+ 7-27

bridge protocol data units

See BPDUs

broadcast suppression 35-1

disabling 35-4

enabling 35-3

enabling errdisable state 35-4

suppressing multicast traffic 50-7

suppressing unicast traffic 35-2

bundling

See EtherChannel

C

cache

IP MLS, displaying entries 14-24

MLS, overview 14-5

cache engine clusters 57-2

cache engines 57-2

cache farms

See cache engine clusters

CAM, IP MLS 14-22

CAM table, duplicate MAC entries 20-5

capturing traffic flows 15-57

CDP

default configuration 31-2

disabling

globally 31-2

on ports 31-3

displaying neighbor information 31-5

enabling

globally 31-2

on ports 31-3

holdtime, setting 31-4

message interval, setting 31-4

overview 31-1

CEF 13-1, 56-1

adjacency table 13-7

aging 13-12

configuration guidelines for multicast 13-14

configuring 13-14, 56-3

IP multicast 13-18

MSFC2 13-16

supervisor engine 13-15

displaying information 13-15

examples 13-10

FIB 13-6

flow masks 13-12

destination-ip 13-12

destination-ipx 13-12

full flow 13-12

modes 13-12

source-destination-ip 13-12

source-destination-vlan 13-12

guidelines 13-13, 56-1

Layer 3 switching 13-2

overview 13-5

packet rewrite 13-2

restrictions for multicast 13-14

CEF for PFC2

See CEF

CGMP

leaving multicast group 50-5

channel modes, EtherChannel (table)

LACP 6-13

PAgP 6-6

channels, clearing and restoring channel counters 6-20

checksum, verifying Flash file 26-9

CIDR, configuring static routes 22-8

Cisco CallManager, overview 55-5

Cisco Discovery Protocol

See CDP

Cisco Group Management Protocol

See CGMP

Cisco IP Phone 7960 55-2

Cisco VG200 55-7

CIST 7-17

classless interdomain routing

See CIDR

clear boot system flash command 25-11

clearing the configuration 28-9

clear mls entry command 13-34, 14-29

clear mls entry ipx command 14-29

clear mls statistics command 13-36, 14-31

CLI

backing out one level 2-9

configuration mode 2-8

console configuration mode 2-9

getting list of commands 2-10

global configuration mode 2-9

interface configuration mode (IOS) 2-9

levels of access 2-8

privileged EXEC mode 2-9

ROM monitor 2-1

software basics 2-8

switch

accessing 2-2

console port 2-2

designating addresses and aliases 2-6

designating modules, ports, VLANs 2-5

editing 2-7

help 2-8

history substitution 2-7

normal mode 2-5

operating 2-5

overview 2-2

port ranges 2-6

ports, designating 2-5

privileged mode 2-5

shortcuts 2-7

Telnet 2-3

VLANs, designating 2-5

clock, setting 22-4

command aliases, creating 22-6

command-line interface

See CLI

commands, getting list of 2-10

committing ACLs

See QoS ACL committing

Common and Internal Spanning Tree

See also CIST 7-17

Common Open Policy Service

See COPS

Common Spanning Tree

See CST 7-16, 7-17

community ports 11-20

Compact Flash memory 3-5

CONFIG_FILE variable, setting recurrence 25-7

configuration

clearing (switch) 28-9

MISTP 7-37, 7-55

configuration files

clearing using rcp 28-9

copying using rcp 28-6

creating 28-2

downloading

from Flash device 28-4

preparation 28-3

rcp 28-7

via TFTP 28-4

guidelines for creating 28-2

profile files

lockdown profile 28-16

running configuration

downloading via rcp 28-7

downloading via TFTP 28-4

uploading via rcp 28-8

uploading via TFTP 28-6

uploading

preparation 28-5, 28-8

to rcp server 28-8

to TFTP server 28-6

uploading using rcp or SCP

preparation 28-8

configuration mode 2-8

configuration register

boot field, setting switch 25-6

CONFIG_FILE recurrence, setting 25-7

default setting 25-5

ignoring NVRAM at boot 25-9

overview 25-2

ROM monitor console port baud rate 25-6

setting 25-10

congestion avoidance

See QoS congestion avoidance

console configuration mode 2-9

console port

accessing MSFC 2-4

downloading software images

example PC download 27-31

example UNIX download 27-32

PC procedure 27-29

preparing for 27-28

UNIX procedure 27-30

ROM monitor baud rate 25-6

SLIP and 3-9

system message logging settings 29-5

user sessions

disconnecting 20-15

monitoring 20-14

contact, setting 22-3

content-addressable memory

See CAM

See CAM table

convergence

improving 7-47

COPS

communications parameters 51-84

configuring 51-79

domain name 51-84

deleting 51-84

PDP server configuration

deleting 51-83

port ASICs 51-80

QoS policy source 51-80

roles 51-81

deleting 51-83

removing 51-82

selecting locally configured QoS policy 51-81

CoS

See QoS

CoS-to-CoS maps

configuring 51-60

counters, configuring for IOS ACLs, PACLs, and VACLs 15-81

CRAM feature 15-87

critical recovery delay, setting 40-21

crypto image

uploading

using RCP 27-26

CST 7-16, 7-17

common spanning tree 7-21

D

DAI 15-39

database, VMPS

downloading 19-7

example configuration file 19-10

date, setting 22-4

daughter cards

power efficiency 55-15

daylight saving time

disabling adjustment 34-7

enabling adjustment 34-6

default gateway

configuring 3-8

removing 3-9

deficit weighted round robin 51-66

designated MSFC 23-24

DES key

clearing 39-40

defining 39-40

destination-based QoS

See QoS

destination flow masks 14-6

destination-ip flow masks 13-12

destination-ipx flow masks 13-12

detection

BPDU skewing 7-61

DHCP

in-band (sc0) interface and 3-10

options 3-3

releasing lease 3-12

renewing lease 3-12

DHCP snooping

configuration guidelines 33-3

configuring on a VLAN 33-2

default configuration 33-3

displaying binding tables 33-11

displaying configuration 33-12

enabling 33-3

enabling (example) 33-6

enabling Host Tracking Information Option 33-4

enabling on private VLAN 33-4

MAC address matching 33-5

monitoring 33-11, 33-17

overview 33-1

DHCP snooping for an MSFC

enabling (example) 33-7

differentiated services codepoint

See QoS DSCP

Digital Optical Monitoring 20-48

directed broadcasts 13-36

disabling 40-24

disabling MLS

on MSFC interfaces 14-16

on the supervisor engine (note) 14-19

DISL

See DTP

dispatcher

SNMP entity 46-7

DNS

default configuration 30-2

disabling 30-4

domain name

clearing 30-3

setting 30-2

enabling 30-2

overview 30-1

server

clearing 30-3

specifying 30-2

setting up 30-2

system name and 22-2

system prompt and 22-2

documentation

conventions 1-xl

related 1-xl

document organization 1-xxxvii

DOM

See Digital Optical Monitoring

domain name

clearing 30-3

setting 30-2

Domain Name System

See DNS

dot1x

disabling multiple hosts 40-19

EAP-request frames

setting retransmit time 40-20

enabling automatic reauthentication 40-17

enabling multiple hosts 40-18

global

disabling 40-14

disabling web-based proxy authentication 42-10

enabling 40-14

enabling web-based proxy authentication 42-10

identity frames

setting retransmit time 40-20

manual reauthentication 40-18

returning to default values 40-22

setting idle time 40-19

setting retransmission number 40-21

transport layer packets

setting retransmission time 40-21

downloading

configuration files

from Flash device 28-4

preparation 28-3

using rcp or SCP 28-7

via TFTP 28-4

software images

example, multiple module 27-13, 27-20

example, single module 27-12, 27-20

example, supervisor engine 27-9, 27-18

overview 27-5

preparation 27-16

preparing for 27-7, 27-23

supervisor engine 27-7, 27-16, 27-23

switching module 27-8, 27-17

Xmodem or Ymodem 27-33

drop thresholds

See QoS congestion avoidance

DSCP

See QoS DSCP

DTP

non-Cisco devices and 5-4

overview 5-2

duplex, Ethernet 4-6

DWRR 51-66

dynamic ARP inspection

See DAI

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

See DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol snooping

See DHCP snooping

dynamic interswitch link (DISL) protocol

See DTP

dynamic port VLAN membership

configuring 19-5

default configuration 19-2

example 19-12

for auxiliary VLANs 19-14

overview 19-1

reconfirming 19-7

troubleshooting 19-10

Dynamic Trunking Protocol

See DTP

E

efficiency

PoE daughter cards 55-15

enable mode 2-9

enable password

recovering lost 39-15

setting 39-14

enabling 40-23

MLS, on MSFC interfaces 14-16

enabling IP MMLS

on MSFC interfaces 13-20, 14-33

encapsulation type descriptions, trunks (table) 5-3

environmental monitoring

LED indications 22-15

SNMP traps 22-15

supervisor engine and switching modules 22-15

syslog messages 22-15

using CLI commands 22-14

environment variables

See BOOT environment variables

EPLD images, upgrading 27-2

errdisable state, using with broadcast suppression 35-4

errdisable timeout, configuring 4-12

error detection, configuring 4-16

error messages

system message logging (syslog) 29-1

VMPS (table) 19-9

EtherChannel

administrative groups 6-7

bundling 6-2

channel modes (table)

LACP 6-13

PAgP 6-6

clearing and restoring channel counters 6-20

configuration guidelines 6-3

configuring

port modes 6-8

port path cost 6-9

VLAN cost 6-10

configuring link error handling 20-25

configuring manually or using PAgP 6-7

example configuration 5-16, 5-18

frame distribution 6-2

IDs 6-7

maximum number of channels supported 6-2, 6-5

modes, using LACP 6-13

overview 6-2

PAgP and 6-6

PAgP modes 6-6

port aggregation protocol 6-6

port VLAN cost 6-10

Ethernet

autonegotiation, speed 4-6

checking connectivity 4-21

configuring 4-1

default configuration 4-3

flow control keywords (table) 4-8

overview 4-1

port duplex, setting 4-6

port enable state 4-9

port name, setting 4-5

port negotiation 4-9

port speed, setting 4-6

setting port duplex 4-10

switching frames 4-2

timeout periods 4-12

Ethernet ingress port

ACLs 51-17

QoS ACLs 51-17

Ethernet OAM, configuring 20-26

EtherTypes 51-17

extended range VLANs

See VLANs

extended trust for CDP devices (trusted boundary feature) 55-33

F

fast aging-time 14-21

PFC2 statistics 13-30

Fast EtherChannel

See EtherChannel

Fast Ethernet

See Ethernet

FIB 13-6

fiber-optic, detecting unidirectional links 32-1

file transfer protocols, comparison of 27-5

filtering syntax for QoS 51-46

filters

See protocol filtering

filters, NDE

See NDE filters

Firewall Services Module, configuring VLANs for 11-37

Flash file system

checksum 26-9

files

copying 26-6

deleting 26-8

listing 26-5

restoring 26-8

setting default 26-2

formatting device 26-9

overview 26-1

setting configuration modes 26-2

Flash memory

Melody Compact Flash 3-5

storing ACLs 15-64

Flash PC cards, formatting 26-9

Flash synchronization

examples 23-15

overview 23-4

flex links, configuring 4-17

flowcharts, QoS 51-3

flow control 4-8

configuring 4-8

keywords (table) 4-8

flow masks

CEF 13-12

destination-ip 13-12

destination-ipx 13-12

full flow 13-12

source-destination-ip 13-12

source-destination-vlan 13-12

IP MLS entries 14-9

IP MLS full flow 14-6

IPX MLS 14-6

minimum 14-21

PFC2 statistics 13-31

MLS

destination 14-6

source-destination-ip 14-6

source-destination-vlan 14-6

modes 14-6

CEF 13-12

overview 14-6

flows

IP MMLS

completely and partially switched 13-9, 14-10

MLS 14-4

multicast

completely and partially switched 14-10

for DHCP relay agent 40-23, 40-24

formatting Flash devices 26-9

forwarding information base (FIB) 13-6

frame retransmission number 40-21

FTP

uploading software images 27-15

full flow flow mask 13-12, 14-6

full vlan flow mask 13-12

G

GARP Multicast Registration Protocol

See GMRP

GARP timers, setting 17-7, 50-24

GARP VLAN Registration Protocol

See GVRP

General Attribute Registration Protocol

See GARP, setting timers

Gigabit Ethernet

See Ethernet

Gigabit Ethernet trunks

See trunks

global configuration mode 2-9

GMRP

default configuration 50-19

disabling

globally 50-26

per-port 50-21

enabling

globally 50-20

per-port 50-20

forward-all option

disabling 50-22

enabling 50-21

hardware and software requirements 50-19

overview 50-6

registration

fixed 50-23

forbidden 50-23

normal 50-22

statistics

clearing 50-25

viewing 50-25

timers 50-24

guest VLAN 40-24

GVRP

configuration guidelines 17-2

declarations from blocking ports 17-6

default configuration 17-2

disabling

globally 17-9

on 802.1Q ports 17-8

enabling

dynamic VLAN creation 17-4

globally 17-3

on 802.1Q ports 17-3

registration

fixed 17-5

forbidden 17-6

normal 17-5

setting GARP timers 17-7

statistics

clearing 17-8

viewing 17-8

timers 17-7

H

he 54-12

high availability

configuring 23-12

downloading different image on standby supervisor engine 23-14

overview 23-9

supported features 23-10

versioning overview 23-11

with the integrated 720-Gbps switch fabric 54-2

history, switch CLI 2-7

Hot Standby Routing Protocol

See HSRP

HSRP

ACLs

IOS ACL configuration 23-24

reflexive and dynamic ACLs (note) 23-24

configuration examples 23-30

configuration requirements 23-22

configuring 23-28

designated MSFC 23-24

failure scenarios 23-26

hardware and software requirements 23-21, 23-50

overview 23-21

routing protocol peering 23-23

I

I-BPDU 7-17

ICMP

ping

executing 20-16

overview 20-15

testing connectivity with 4-21

time exceeded messages 20-19

traceroute and 20-19

IGMP

configuration guidelines 50-9

disabling 50-18

enabling 50-10

joining multicast group 50-4

leave processing

disabling 50-18

enabling 50-12

leaving multicast group 50-5

multicast group

clearing 50-28

configuring 50-17, 50-27

multicast router ports

clearing 50-28

specifying 50-26

overview 50-2

statistics, viewing 50-17

IGMP version 3

enabling 50-12

fast-block processing 50-5

enabling 50-14

images

See software images

inaccessible authentication bypass, configuring 44-24

in-band (sc0) interface

DHCP and 3-10

RARP and 3-10

VLAN assignment 11-2

in-band (sc0 and sc1) interface

configuring 3-7

feature comparison 3-7

IP address, assigning 3-7

overview 3-1, 3-4

inferior BPDU, BackboneFast and 9-4

inline power

efficiency 55-15

interface configuration mode 2-9

interfaces

in-band (sc0) 11-2

in-band (sc0 and sc1) 3-4, 3-7

SLIP (sl0) 3-4, 3-9

Internal Sub Tree Protocol

See ISTP 7-16

Internet Group Management Protocol

See IGMP

Internet Protocol

See IP addresses