Chapter 14 Troubleshooting; Avoiding Configuration Conflicts - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Manual

Troubleshooting
This chapter provides this information about avoiding and resolving problems related to the switch
software.
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For additional troubleshooting information, refer to the switch hardware installation guide.

Avoiding Configuration Conflicts

Certain combinations of port features conflict with one another. For example, if you define a port as the
network port for a VLAN, all unknown unicast and multicast traffic is flooded to the port. You could not
enable port security on the network port because a secure port limits the traffic allowed on it.
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means that both can be enabled at the same time and will not cause an incompatibility conflict.
If you try to enable incompatible features by using CMS, it issues a warning message that you are
configuring a setting that is incompatible with another setting, and the switch does not save the change.
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Avoiding configuration conflicts
Avoiding autonegotiation mismatches
Copying configuration files to troubleshooting configuration problems
Troubleshooting Cluster Management Suite (CMS) sessions
Troubleshooting switch upgrades
Recovering from corrupted software
Recovering from a lost or forgotten password
14-1, no means that the two features are incompatible and that both should not be enabled; yes
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