Release Notes for Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3120 for HP, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(50)SE and Later

OL-18270-03

New Features

These sections describe the new supported hardware and the new and updated software features provided

in this release:

• “New Hardware Features” section on page 8

• “New Software Features” section on page 8

New Hardware Features

For a list of all supported hardware, see the “Hardware Supported” section on page 3.

New Software Features

These are the new software features for this release:

• Network Edge Access Topology (NEAT) with 802.1x switch supplicant, host authorization with

CISP, and auto enablement to authenticate a switch outside a wiring closet as a supplicant to another

switch.

• IEEE 802.1x with open access to allow a host to access the network before being authenticated.

• IEEE 802.1x authentication with downloadable ACLs and redirect URLs to allow per-user ACL

downloads from a Cisco Secure ACS server to an authenticated switch.

• Flexible-authentication sequencing to configure the order of the authentication methods that a port

tries when authenticating a new host.

• Multiple-user authentication to allow more than one host to authenticate on an 802.1x-enabled port.

• Cisco EnergyWise manages the energy usage of power over Ethernet (PoE) entities.

• Wired location service sends location and attachment tracking information for connected devices to

a Cisco Mobility Services Engine (MSE).

• Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS) routing supports dynamic routing protocols for

Connectionless Network Service (CLNS) networks (only with the IP services feature set).

• Stack troubleshooting enhancements.

• CPU utilization threshold trap monitors CPU utilization.

• Support for the Cisco IOS Configuration Engine, previously referred to as the Cisco IOS CNS agent.

• Support for Embedded Event Manager Version 2.4.

• LLDP-MED network-policy profile time, length, value (TLV) for creating a profile for voice and

voice-signalling by specifying the values for VLAN, class of service (CoS), differentiated services

code point (DSCP), and tagging mode.

• Support for up to 64 EtherChannels.

• RADIUS server load balancing to allow access and authentication requests to be distributed evenly

across a server group.

• Auto Smartports Cisco-default and user-defined macros for dynamic port configuration based on the

device type detected on the port.