Chapter 2 Getting Started With Cms - Cisco WS-C2955T-12 Software Manual

Organization
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Organization
The organization of this guide is as follows:
Chapter 1, "Overview,"
switch can be deployed in a network.
Chapter 2, "Getting Started with CMS,"
switch management interface. Refer to the release notes for the procedures for configuring your web
browser and accessing CMS. Refer to the online help for field-level descriptions of all CMS windows
and procedures for using the CMS windows.
Chapter 3, "Getting Started with the CLI,"
Chapter 4, "General Switch Administration,"
information about software releases, accessing the management interfaces, and using Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).
Chapter 5, "Clustering Switches,"
maintaining them. The online help provides the CMS procedures for configuring switch clusters. Cluster
commands are described in the Catalyst 2900 Series XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Command
Reference.
Chapter 6, "Configuring the System,"
switch-wide settings. The online help provides the CMS procedures for configuring switch-wide
settings.
Chapter 7, "Configuring the Switch Ports,"
configuring the switch ports. The online help provides the CMS procedures for configuring the switch
ports.
Chapter 8, "Configuring VLANs,"
VLANs. The online help provides the CMS procedures for configuring VLANs.
Chapter 9, "Troubleshooting,"
arise when you configure and maintain the switch.
Appendix A, "System Messages,"
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Cluster Management Suite (CMS) information—This guide provides an overview of the CMS
web-based, switch management interface. For information about CMS requirements and the
procedures for browser and plug-in configuration and accessing CMS, refer to the release notes. 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 Catalyst 2900 Series XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Command Reference.
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 Catalyst 2900 XL or Catalyst 3500 XL switches, refer to the Catalyst 2900 Series XL and
Catalyst 3500 Series XL Command Reference.
This reference manual provides commands and command descriptions that have been
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created or changed for the Catalyst 2900 XL and Catalyst 3500 XL switches. It does not
repeat the commands and command descriptions already documented in the Cisco IOS
Release 12.0 documentation on Cisco.com.
lists the software features of this release and provides examples of how the
describes the Cluster Management Suite (CMS) web-based,
describes the basics for using the Cisco IOS CLI.
includes the switch-configuration default settings and
describes switch clusters and the considerations for creating and
provides the considerations and CLI procedures for configuring
provides the considerations and CLI procedures for
provides the considerations and CLI procedures for configuring
provides information about avoiding and resolving problems that might
lists the system error messages for the switch.
Preface
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