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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Command Reference
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Preface
Audience
This guide is for the networking professional using the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) to
manage the standalone Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 for Dell or blade switch stack, referred to as
the switch. Before using this guide, you should have experience working with the Cisco IOS commands
and the switch software features. Before using this guide, you should have experience working with the
concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area networking.
You install the switch in the Dell M1000e blade server chassis, referred to as the enclosure.
Purpose
This guide provides the information that you need about the Layer 2 and Layer 3 commands that have
been created or changed for use with the switches. For information about the standard Cisco IOS
Release 12.2 commands, see the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page by
selecting Technical Support & Documentation > Cisco IOS Software.
This guide does not provide procedures for configuring your switch. For detailed configuration
procedures, see the software configuration guide for this release.
This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter. For more information, see the
system message guide for this release.
For documentation updates, see the release notes for this release.
Conventions
This publication uses these conventions to convey instructions and information:
Command descriptions use these conventions:
• Commands and keywords are in boldface text.
• Arguments for which you supply values are in italic.
• Square brackets ([ ]) means optional elements.
• Braces ({}) group required choices, and vertical bars ( | ) separate the alternative elements.
• Braces and vertical bars within square brackets ([{ | }]) mean a required choice within an optional
element.