Chapter 1
Overview
Monitoring Features
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Feature Support per License
Table 1-1
ME 3600X Supported Features per License
Metro IP Access (Universal Image)
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Basic Layer 2 features (including 802.1Q)
EVCs
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IPv4 routing (RIP, OSFP, EIGRP, IS-IS, and BGP) and BFD
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Multicast routing (PIM, DM, SSM and SSM mapping)
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Ethernet OAM (802.1ag, 802.3ah, and E-LMI),
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MST, REP, Flex Links
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Synchronous Ethernet
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Multi VRF-CE (VRF-Lite) with service awareness (ARP,
ping, SNMP, syslog, traceroute, FTP and TFTP)
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Switch LEDs that provide port- and switch-level status
Configurable external alarm inputs
MAC address notification traps and RADIUS accounting for tracking users on a network by storing
the MAC addresses that the switch has learned or removed
Four groups (history, statistics, alarms, and events) of embedded RMON agents for network
monitoring and traffic analysis
Syslog facility for logging system messages about authentication or authorization errors, resource
issues, and time-out events
Layer 2 traceroute to identify the physical path that a packet takes from a source device to a
destination device
Time Domain Reflector (TDR) to diagnose and resolve cabling problems on copper Ethernet 10/100
ports
SFP module diagnostic management interface to monitor physical or operational status of an SFP
module
Online diagnostics to test the hardware functionality switch while the switch is connected to a live
network
On-board failure logging (OBFL) to collect information about the switch and the power supplies
connected to it
IP Service Level Agreements (IP SLAs) support to measure network performance by using active
traffic monitoring
IP SLAs for Metro Ethernet using IEEE 802.1ag Ethernet Operation, Administration, and
Maintenance (OAM) capability to validate connectivity, jitter, and latency in a metro Ethernet
network)
Advanced Metro IP Access license
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All features in the Metro IP Access image
MPLS
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MPLS traffic engineering and Fast Reroute
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MPLS OAM
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MPLS VPN
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Ethernet over MPLS (EoMPLS)
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Pseudowire redundancy
Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
Features
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