Cisco Systems manual Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant, Command Purpose

Appendix A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management

1.You need to set an IP address in each switch for community device discovery and for the cluster commander.

2.Port number on the Network Assistant and the Catalyst 4500 series switch must match.

3.You can only change this value for a cluster of devices. Port number on the Network Assistant and on the Catalyst 4500 series switch must match. Value can be changed to any non-default number above 1024.

4.Required for Network Assistant to access the device.

5.Enabled only if you want to manage a cluster of devices.

Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant

This section describes how to configure your switch for Network Assistant. It includes these sections:

•Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network Assistant, page A-2

•Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Community, page A-3

•Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Cluster, page A-3

Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network Assistant

If you use the default configuration, access the Catalyst 4500 series switch, and enter the ip http server (for HTTP) or the ip http secure-server(for HTTPS) global configuration command:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	Switch# configure terminal	Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
	Switch(config)# ip http server	(HTTP only) Enable the HTTP server on the switch. By
	or	default, the HTTP server is disabled.
	Switch(config)# ip domain-namedomain_name	Enable the domain name on the switch to configure HTTPS.
Step 3
	Switch(config)# ip http secure-server	Enable the HTTPS server on the switch. By default, the
		HTTPS server is disabled.
Step 4
	Switch(config)# ip http max-connections	Configure the maximum concurrent connections to the
	connection_number	HTTP server.
		We recommend using 16 as the connection_number.
Step 5
	Switch(config)# ip http timeout-policy idle	Configure the HTTPS port.
	idle_time life life_time requests requests	The idle keyword specifies the maximum amount of time a
		connection can stay idle. We recommend an idle value of 180
		seconds.
		The life keyword specifies the maximum amount of time that
		a connection can stay open since it was established. We
		recommend a life value of 180 seconds.
		The requests keyword specifies the maximum amount of
		requests on a connection. We recommend a maximum of 25
		requests.
Step 6
	Switch(config-if)# end	Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7
	Switch# show running-config	Verify the configuration.

Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant

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