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Launching Network Assistant
Launching Network Assistant
After Network Assistant is installed, you see its icon on your desktop, a Network Assistant entry under
Start > Programs, and a Network Assistant executable file in the installation directory. When you click
any of these, you see a partial Network Assistant GUI and the Connect window.
In disconnect mode, Network Assistant is not connected to a device or a community; it cannot manage
a standalone device, a community, or the command device of a cluster. Its menu bar and toolbar support
only the tasks that customize Network Assistant itself. The feature bar, which usually lists device
features, is empty.
Connecting Network Assistant to a Community or a Cluster
To connect Network Assistant to a device, use the Connect window shown in
IP address of the device to which you want to connect. For an existing community, select its name from
the pull-down menu. For an existing cluster, you select the IP address. Click Options if you want to
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For instructions on how to use the Connect to a new community option to create a community, see the
"Creating a Community" section on page
community directly, or you are prompted for a username and password and then connected. When you
connect to a cluster, Network Assistant asks if you want to convert the cluster to a community. For more
information on converting a cluster to a community, see the
section on page
Figure 3-1
Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant
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Download the Network Assistant installer, and run it. (You can run it directly from the web if
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your browser offers this choice.)
Network Assistant is free—there is no charge to download, install, or use it.
When you run the installer, follow the displayed instructions. In the final panel, click Finish to
complete the Network Assistant installation.
Communicate with the device by using HTTPS (secure HTTP) instead of HTTP (clusters only).
Catalyst 4500 series switches do not support HTTPS. You must enable HTTP.
Use an HTTP port other than 80 on the device (clusters only).
Connect with read-only access.
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Connect Window
Chapter 3
Installing, Launching, and Connecting Network Assistant
4-4. When you click Connect, you are either connected to the
"Converting a Cluster to a Community"
Figure
3-1. In it, enter the
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