Installation guide

Release Notes for Catalyst5000 Family Software Release4.x

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New Features for Supervisor Engine Software Release 4.4

This section describes the new features available in software release4.4.

Layer 3 fabric integration module (WS-X5305)—Seamlessly integrates the Catalyst 5500 switching

backplane and the Catalyst 8510 campus switch router (CSR) backplane in a Catalyst 5500 chassis by

providing an internal Fast EtherChannel trunk between the two switches.

New Features for Supervisor Engine Software Release 4.3

This section describes the new features available in software release4.3.

• Command-line editing—Enhanced keyboard shortcuts for working with the Catalyst 5000 family

software command-line interface (CLI).

• Enable or disable active standby supervisor engine ports—A new command, set standbyports

{enable | disable}, allows you to control whether the uplink ports on the standby supervisor engine

(if present) are active or inactive. Use the show standbyports command to display the current

configuration.

If you enable this feature, the ports on the standby supervisor engine are always active (unless you

manually disable them using the set port disable command). If you disable this feature, the ports

on the standby supervisor engine are inactive when the supervisor engine is in standby mode. In the

event of a switchover from the active to the standby supervisor, the ports on the new active

supervisor engine become active and the ports on the new standby supervisor engine become

inactive.

If you upgrade to software release 4.3(1) from any release prior to 4.1(1), the default setting for this

feature is disabled. If you upgrade from any 4.x release prior to release 4.3(1), the default setting for

this feature is enabled. If you enter the clear config all command, the feature is returned to the

default of disabled.

• Supervisor Engine III FSX (WS-X5534-E1-GESX)—New supervisor engine module with fixed

1000BASE-SX Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports.

• SupervisorEngine III FLX (WS-X5536-E1-GELX)—New supervisor engine module with fixed

1000BASE-LX/LH Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports.

• NetFlow Feature Card (NFFC) II (WS-F5531=)—Increases IP Multilayer Switching (MLS)

performance.

• 4-port 10/100BASE-TX Fast EtherChannel uplink module (WS-U5537-FETX)—Provides four

10/100BASE-TX Fast EtherChannel interfaces for the Supervisor Engine III.

• ATM fabric integration module (WS-X5165)—Seamlessly integrates the Catalyst 5500 switching

backplane and the LightStream1010 backplane in a Catalyst5500 chassis by providing an internal

interface between the two switches.

• Network Analysis Module (WS-X5380)—Provides extended Remote Monitoring (RMON) support

and can analyze Ethernet VLAN traffic from either or both of the following sources:

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Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) source port

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NetFlow Data Export (NDE) from an NFFC installed on the Supervisor EngineIIISX, IIILX,

or III

• Catalyst 2926G series switches—The Catalyst 2926GS and 2926GL are fixed-configuration

switches with the NFFC, 2410/100BASE-TX ports, and two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports (either

1000BASE-SX or 1000BASE-LX/LH).