Cisco Systems OL-12761-02 manual How This Guide Is Organized, Using This Guide

Using This Guide

This guide is for those who will install or use the switch. It covers the topics to help you learn about the switch and how to effectively use it.

Although extensive networking knowledge is not necessary, we recommend familiarity with LAN switch fundamentals. The Cisco Press General Networking Resources website has links to documents that provide internetworking overviews.

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac220/about_cisco_general_networking _resources.html

How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized in this way:

Chapter 1, “Introduction”	This chapter describes the software and hardware features and benefits so
	that you can decide how to use the switch to meet your network objectives.
Chapter 2, “Setting Up the	This chapter provides the recommendations, the guidelines, and the
Switch”	procedures for setting up the switch for the first time. It also includes
	procedures on how to display the device manager interface through a
	secured mode.
Chapter 3, “Installing the	This chapter provides the recommendations, the guidelines, and the
Switch”	procedures for installing the switch.
Chapter 4, “Connecting to	This chapter provides the recommendations, the guidelines, and the
the Switch”	procedures for connecting devices to the switch.
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