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1.3 TOE Overview
The TOE is the Cisco Catalyst Switches (3560-X and 3750-X) running IOS 15.0(1)SE2
(herein after referred to as Catalyst Switches). The TOE is a purpose-built, switching and
routing platform with OSI Layer2 and Layer3 traffic filtering capabilities.
1.3.1 TOE Product Type
The Cisco Catalyst Switches are a switching and routing platform used to construct IP
networks by interconnecting multiple smaller networks or network segments. As a
Layer2 switch, it performs analysis of incoming frames, makes forwarding decisions
based on information contained in the frames, and forwards the frames toward the
destination. As a Layer3 switch, it supports routing of traffic based on tables identifying
available routes, conditions, distance, and costs to determine the best route for a given
packet. Routing protocols used by the TOE include BGPv4, EIGRP, PIM-SMv2, and
OSPFv2.
1.3.2 Supported non-TOE Hardware/ Software/ Firmware
The TOE supports (in some cases optionally) the following hardware, software, and
firmware in its environment:
Table 3 IT Environment Components
Component Required Usage/Purpose Description for TOE performance
Authentication
Server
No The authentication server (RADIUS and TACACS+) provides central
authentication for user authorized to use the TOE. The TOE correctly
leverages the services provided by the authentication server.
Management
Workstation with
SSH Client
Yes This includes any IT Environment Management workstation with a
SSH client installed that is used by the TOE administrator to support
TOE administration through SSH protected channels. Any SSH client
that supports SSHv2 may be used.
Syslog server No The syslog audit server is used for remote storage of audit records that
have been generated by and transmitted from the TOE.
NTP Server No The TOE supports communications with an NTP server to
synchronize time.
1.4 TOE DESCRIPTION
The Catalyst Switches that comprise the TOE have common hardware characteristics.
These characteristics affect only non-TSF relevant functions of the switches (such as
throughput and amount of storage) and therefore support security equivalency of the
switches in terms of hardware.
The Cisco Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Series primary features
• Central processor that supports all system operations
• Dynamic memory, used by the central processor for all system operations
• Flash memory (EEPROM), used to store the Cisco IOS image (binary program)
• USB port (note, none of the USB devices are included in the TOE)