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Switch Feature Overview 63

CDP Interoperability Through ISDP

Industry Standard Discovery Protocol (ISDP) allows the Dell Networking

N-Series switch to interoperate with Cisco devices running the Cisco

Discovery Protocol (CDP). ISDP is a proprietary layer-2 network protocol

which inter-operates with Cisco network equipment and is used to share

information between neighboring devices (routers, bridges, access servers,

and switches).

For information about configuring ISDP settings, see "Discovering Network

Devices " on page 825.

Remote Monitoring (RMON)

RMON is a standard Management Information Base (MIB) that defines

current and historical MAC-layer statistics and control objects, allowing real-

time information to be captured across the entire network.

For information about configuring managing RMON settings, see

"Monitoring Switch Traffic " on page 519.

N3000 Series Access and Aggregation Firmware Images

There are two N3000 switch firmware images available. The Access Router

image runs on both N3000 and N2000 switches. The image file is named

N3000_N2000v

A.B.C.D

.stk, where

, and

are the version numbers.

This image supports all switch capabilities except for BGP. The

(build

number) in the image file name is enumerated starting with 1. N3000 series

switches are loaded with the Access Router image in the factory.

The Aggregation Router image runs on N3000 model switches and is named

N3000_BGPv

A.B.C.D

.stk. The

(build number) in the name is enumerated

starting with 51. The Aggregation Router image supports MP-BGP and all

other switch features except for MLAG, MVR, Auto-VoIP, GARP, GVRP,

GMRP, iSCSI, and DVLAN (QinQ).

Which image type is installed can be determined by examining the first few

lines of the running-config. The following example shows an Aggregation

Router (BGP-enabled) firmware.

console#show running-config

!Current Configuration:

!System Description "Dell Networking N3048, 6.3.0.51, Linux 3.6.5-

ccbd1338"