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Catalyst2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Preface
Organization
•Cluster Management Suite (CMS) information—This guide provides an overview of the CMS
web-based, switch management interface. For information about CMS requi reme nts an d th e
procedures for browser and plug-in configuration and accessing CMS, refer to the release no tes. For
CMS field-level window descriptions and procedures, refer to the CMS online help.
•Cluster configuration—This guide provides information about planning for, creating, and
maintaining switch clusters. Because configuring switch clusters is most easily performed through
CMS, this guide does not provide the command-line interface (CLI) procedures. For the cluster
commands, refer to the command reference for this release.
•CLI command information—This guide provides an overview for using the CLI. For complete
syntax and usage information about the commands that have been specifically created or changed
for the switches, refer to the command reference for this release.
This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter or how to install your switch. For
more information, refer to the Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch System Message Guide for this release and
to the Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Hardware Installation Guide.
Note This guide does not repeat the concepts and CLI procedures provided in the standard Ci sco IOS
Release 12.1 documentation. For information about the standard IOS Release 12.1 co mmand s, refer to
the IOS documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Service and Support >
Technical Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select R elease 12.1 from the Cisco
IOS Software drop-down list.
Organization
This guide is organized into these chapters:
Chapter 1, “Overview,” lists the software features of this release and provides examples of how the
switch can be deployed in a network.
Chapter 2, “Using the Command-Line Interface,” describes how to access the command modes, use the
CLI, and describes CLI messages that you might receive. It also describes how to get help, abbreviate
commands, use no and default forms of commands, use command history and editi ng features, and how
to search and filter the output of show and more commands.
Chapter 3, “Getting Started with CMS,” describes the CMS web-based, switch management interface.
For information about configuring your web browser and accessing CMS, refer to the release n otes. For
field-level descriptions of all CMS windows and procedures for using the CMS windows, refer to the
online help.
Chapter 4, “Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway,” describes how to create the initial
switch configuration (for example, assign the switch IP address and default gateway information) by
using a variety of automatic and manual methods.
Chapter 5, “Configuring IE2100 CNS Agents,” describes how to configure Cisco Intelligence Engine 2100
(IE2100) Series Cisco Networking Services (CNS) embedded agents on your switch. By using the
IE2100 Series Configuration Registrar network management application, you can automate initial
configurations and configuration updates by generating switch-specific configuration changes, sending them
to the switch, executing the configuration change, and logging the results.
Chapter 6, “Clustering Switches,” describes switch clusters and the considerations for creating and
maintaining them. The online help provides the CMS procedures for configuring switch clusters.
Configuring switch clusters is most easily performed through CMS; ther ef or e, CL I proce du res are not
provided. Cluster commands are described in the Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Comman d Re ference.