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New and Changed Information

Table 1 summarizes the new hardware features for Catalyst 6000 and 6500 series software release 5.2 and tells you where they are documented.

Table 1: New Hardware Features

Hardware Feature	Description	Where Documented
Catalyst 6006 chassis Catalyst 6506 chassis	Provides support for the following: Supervisor Engine 1 Supports up to five additional switching modules (Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet) Supports redundant supervisor engines (uplink ports are fully functional on the redundant supervisor engine in standby mode)	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Installation Guide
48-Port 10/100TX Ethernet Switching Module (WS-X6248-RJ-TEL)	Provides 48 switched, 10/100-Mbps autosensing, full- or half-duplex ports using RJ-21 connectors.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Installation Guide Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Module Installation Guide
L2 Switching Engine II (WS-F6020A) daughter card for Supervisor Engine 1	Supports configurable EtherChannel frame distribution.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Installation Guide Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Supervisor Engine Installation Guide
Multilayer Switch Module (MSM)	Provides multiprotocol routing for the switch Ethernet ports.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Multilayer Switch Module Installation and Configuration Note

Table 2 summarizes the new software features for Catalyst 6000 and 6500 series software release 5.2 and tells you where they are documented.

Table 2: New Software Features

Software Feature	Description of New Feature	Where Documented
GARP1 VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP; see IEEE 802.1P)	Provides 802.1Q-compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation on 802.1Q trunk ports.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Software Configuration Guide: "Configuring VTP, GVRP, and VLANs" chapter Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Command Reference
GARP1 Multicast Registration Protocol (GMRP)	Maintains Layer 2 multicast groups that determine which switch ports need to participate in multicasts.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Software Configuration Guide: "Configuring Multicast Services" chapter Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Command Reference

1GARP = Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP; see IEEE 802.1P)

Table 3 summarizes the changed software features for Catalyst 6000 and 6500 series software release 5.2 and tells you where they are documented.

Table 3: Changed Software Features

Software Feature	Description of Change	Where Documented
EtherChannel	EtherChannel frame distribution is configurable and can use either Media Access Control (MAC) addresses or IP addresses and either source or destination or both source and destination addresses.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Software Configuration Guide: "Configuring EtherChannel" chapter Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Command Reference
Spanning-Tree Protocol	The Spanning-Tree Protocol can be enabled and disabled on a per-VLAN basis.	Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Software Configuration Guide: "Configuring Spanning Tree" chapter Catalyst 6000 and 6500 Series Command Reference

Posted: Thu Apr 8 14:21:10 PDT 1999
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