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Appendix B
Configuring the Catalyst 1900 Switch
MAC address, and they'll send you a password that will allow you to get into
your switch.
The following switch output shows you the configuration of the system
hardware, the software version, and the names and sources of the configu-
ration and boot files.
Todd1900EN#sh ver
Cisco Catalyst 1900/2820 Enterprise Edition Software
Version V9.00.00
Copyright (c) Cisco Systems, Inc. 1993-1999
Todd1900EN uptime is 0day(s) 03hour(s) 37minute(s)
15second(s)
cisco Catalyst 1900 (486sxl) processor with 2048K/1024K
bytes of memory
Hardware board revision is 5
Upgrade Status: No upgrade currently in progress.
Config File Status: No configuration upload/download is
in progress
15 Fixed Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
Base Ethernet Address: 00-B0-64-75-6A-C0
Todd1900EN#
Notice that the output shows 15 fixed Ethernet 802.3 interfaces, which
will tell you this is a 1912 switch. The 1912 has 12 10BaseT ports, one AUI
port, and two Fast Ethernet ports: 15 ports in all. The 1924 has 24 10BaseT,
one AUI, and two Fast Ethernet ports: 27 ports in all.
Changing the LAN Switch Type
You can see the LAN switch version running on a 1900 switch by using
the show port system command. You can change it from global config-
uration mode with the switching-mode command. You can only use
store-and-forward or FragmentFree.
The command show port system will show you the default LAN switch
type of FragmentFree. The command switching-mode from global configu-
ration mode allows you to change the LAN switch type to store-and-forward.
1900EN#sh port system
Switching mode: FragmentFree
Use of store and forward for multicast: Disabled
Network port: None
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