Chapter 1 Using The Command-Line Interface; Accessing The Switch - Cisco Catalyst 3750 Command Reference Manual

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C H A P T E R
Using the Command-Line Interface
The Catalyst 3750 switch is supported by Cisco IOS software. This chapter describes how to use the
switch command-line interface (CLI) to configure software features.
For a complete description of the commands that support these features, see Chapter 2, "Catalyst 3750
Switch Cisco IOS Commands." For information on the boot loader commands, see Appendix A,
"Catalyst 3750 Switch Boot Loader Commands." For information on the debug commands, see
Appendix B, "Catalyst 3750 Switch Debug Commands." For information on the show platform
commands, see Appendix C, "Catalyst 3750 Switch Show Platform Commands." For more information
on Cisco IOS Release 12.2, refer to the Cisco IOS Release 12.2 Command Summary.
For task-oriented configuration steps, refer to the software configuration guide for this release.
In this document, IP refers to IP version 4 (IPv4).

Accessing the Switch

You manage the switch stack and the stack member interfaces through the stack master. You cannot
manage stack members on an individual switch basis. You can connect to the stack master through the
console port of one or more stack members. Be careful with using multiple CLI sessions to the stack
master. Commands you enter in one session are not displayed in the other sessions. Therefore, it is
possible to lose track of the session from which you entered commands.
We recommend using one CLI session when managing the switch stack.
Note
If you want to configure a specific stack member port, you must include the stack member number in the
CLI command interface notation. For more information about interface notations, refer to the
"Configuring Interfaces" chapter in the software configuration guide for this release.
To debug a specific stack member, you can access it from the stack master by using the session
stack-member-number privileged EXEC command. The stack member number is appended to the system
prompt. For example, is the prompt in privileged EXEC mode for stack member 2, and the
Switch-2#
system prompt for the stack master is . Only the show and debug commands are available in a
Switch
CLI session to a specific stack member.
Catalyst 3750 Switch Command Reference
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