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∙[R] Reset system—This option recycles the power on the switch.

∙[F] Reset to factory defaults—This option clears all configuration settings back to the factory defaults.

Warning If you apply the [F] option, all manual configuration settings will be lost.

∙[B] Broadcast storm control—This option launches the Broadcast Storm menu, which includes five options. (These options are discussed in “Configuring Broadcast Storm Control on Switch Ports” in the Immediate Solutions section.)

∙[X] Exit to Main Menu—This option exits to the Main Menu.

[N]Network Management

By pressing N on the Main Menu, you reach the Network Management menu. This menu can be used to define an IP address for the system, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Spanning−Tree Protocol (STP), Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), and Cisco Group Management Protocol (CGMP).

The following shows the Network Management menu:

Catalyst 1900 − Network Management

[I]IP Configuration

[S]SNMP Management

[B]Bridge − Spanning Tree

[C]Cisco Discovery Protocol

[G]Cisco Group Management Protocol

[H]HTTP Server Configuration

[R]Cluster Management

[X]Exit to Main Menu

Enter Selection:

Let’s look at each option from this menu in more detail.

[I] IP Configuration

Choosing I from the Network Management menu brings up a menu that looks similar to the following:

Catalyst 1900 − IP	Configuration
Ethernet	Address:	00−F3−1F−10−F1−06
—————————————————————Settings————————————————————
[I] IP address		10.17.18.254
[S] Subnet mask		255.255.0.0
[G] Default gateway		10.17.18.1
[V] Management	VLAN	1

[X]Exit to previous menu

Enter selection:

In order to use Telnet or SNMP to manage the switch, an IP address must be assigned to the switch. The following are the settings from the IP Configuration menu:

∙[I] IP address—Configures the IP address on the switch.

∙[S] Subnet mask—Configures the switch’s subnet mask.

∙[G] Default gateway—Configures the destination address for the route processor to which the switch will forward unknown or out−of−subnet addresses.

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