Cisco Systems Network Assistant Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant

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

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:

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.

Command Purpose

Step 1 Switch# configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.

Step 2 Switch(config)# ip http server

Switch(config)# ip domain-name

domain_name

(HTTP only) Enable the HTTP server on the switch. By

default, the HTTP server is disabled.

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

connection_number

Configure the maximum concurrent connections to the

HTTP server.

We recommend using 16 as the connection_number.

Step 5 Switch(config)# ip http timeout-policy idle

idle_time

life

life_time

requests

Configure the HTTPS port.

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.