Specifications

Cisco HWIC-4ESW and HWIC-D-9ESW EtherSwitch Interface Cards

How to Configure EtherSwitch HWICs

Storm Control

For information on the concept of storm control, refer to the material at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_4/gt1636nm.ht

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Intrachassis Stacking

For information on the concept of intrachassis stacking, refer to the material at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_4/gt1636nm.ht

m#1051061

Fallback Bridging

For information on the concept of fallback bridging, refer to the material at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios123/123newft/123t/123t_4/gt1636nm.ht

m#1054833

How to Configure EtherSwitch HWICs

See the following sections for configuration tasks for the EtherSwitch HWICs.

• Configuring VLANs, page 6

• Configuring VLAN Trunking Protocol, page 10

• Configuring Layer 2 Interfaces, page 13

• Configuring 802.1x Authentication, page 23

• Configuring Spanning Tree, page 35

• Configuring MAC Table Manipulation, page 46

• Configuring Cisco Discovery Protocol, page 50

• Configuring the Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN), page 53

• Configuring Power Management on the Interface, page 56

• Configuring IP Multicast Layer 3 Switching, page 57

• Configuring IGMP Snooping, page 61

• Configuring Per-Port Storm Control, page 68

• Configuring Stacking, page 71

• Configuring Fallback Bridging, page 73

• Configuring Separate Voice and Data Subnets, page 88

• Managing the EtherSwitch HWIC, page 91