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Quick Start
Catalyst 2900 Series XL Cabling and Setup

Quick Start
Catalyst 2900 Series XL Cabling and Setup

1    Take Out What You Need

Catalyst 2900 series XL switch

Catalyst 2900 Series XL Installation and Configuration Guide

RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover console cable

AC power cable

RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial connector

RJ-45-to-DB-25 terminal connector

Rack-mount kit

Rubber feet

Note You need to supply Category 5 straight-through or crossover cables to connect
to Ethernet devices.

2    Cable the Switch

Connect PCs, Workstations, Servers, and Routers

    1. Connect a Category 5 straight-through cable (not supplied) to a 10/100 port on the front panel of the switch.

    2. Connect the other end of the cable to the RJ-45 port of the PC, workstation, server, or router.

Connect Switches and Hubs

    1. Connect a Category 5 crossover cable (not supplied) to a 10/100 port on the front panel of the switch.

    2. Connect the other end of the cable to an RJ-45 port of the target switch or hub.

Note Use a straight-through cable to connect two ports when one of the ports is designated with an X. Use a crossover cable to connect two ports when both ports are designated with an X.

Cable the Switch (Continued)

Connect the AC Power Cord

    1. Connect one end of the supplied AC power cable to the rear panel of the switch.

    2. Connect the other end of the power cable to the AC wall outlet.

Connect the Console Cable

    1. Connect the supplied rollover cable to the port marked CONSOLE on the rear panel of the switch.

    2. Connect the other end of the cable to a terminal or PC with terminal emulation software. Use one of the supplied adapters if you need to.

3    Assign IP Information to the Switch

You assign IP information to the switch so that the switch can communicate with local routers and the Internet and so that you can use the web-based Cisco Visual Switch Manager Software. The first time you start the switch, it prompts you for an IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway.

Network Information

Before you start the switch, contact your system administrator to obtain the following information, and record it here:

    1. Switch IP address:






    2. Subnet mask (IP netmask):






    3. Default gateway (router):






First-Time Startup

Step 1 Enter Y at the first prompt:

Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: y

Step 2 Enter the switch IP address, and press Return:

Enter IP address: 1

Step 3 Next, enter the subnet mask, and press Return:

Enter IP netmask: 2

Step 4 Enter Y at the next prompt to enter a default gateway (router):

Would you like to enter a default gateway address? [yes]: y

Step 5 Enter the IP address of the default gateway, and press Return:

Enter router IP address: 3

The initial configuration displays:

The following configuration command script was created:

interface VLAN1
ip address 172.20.153.36 255.255.255.0
ip default-gateway 172.20.128.1
snmp community private rw
snmp community public ro
end

Use this configuration? [yes/no]:

Step 6 Verify that the IP addresses are correct, and enter Y. If the IP addresses are wrong, enter N to restart the procedure. If the prompt in Step 1 does not appear, enter enable, and then enter setup.

4   Display the Cisco Visual Switch
     Manager Software (Optional)

After you have assigned an IP address to the switch, you can use the web-based manager software to view or change configuration settings. You can also use the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) to view parameters and configure the switch.

The manager software supports these platforms and network browsers:

Win95

Win 98

Netscape Communicator 4.03 or greater1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.012

Windows NT

Netscape Communicator 4.03 or greater1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.013

Solaris 2.5.1 or greater4

Netscape Communicator 4.03 or greater

1Use Netscape Communicator 4.06 to access the network view.
2Use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 with Service Pack 1 to access the network view.
3Use Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 with Service Pack 3.
4Use the SUN-recommended patch cluster for that OS and the Motif library patch 103461-24.

Follow these steps to display the manager software:

Step 1 Start Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer.

Step 2 Enable browser options needed to communicate with the switch.

For Internet Explorer:

    1. Select View>Internet Options>Advanced tab.

    2. Scroll through the list of options until you see Java VM, then select the Java JIT compiler enabled and Java logging enabled check boxes.

    3. Click Apply.

    4. Select the General tab and click Settings. Click Every visit to the page.

    5. Click OK.

For Netscape Communicator

    1. Select Edit>Preferences>Advanced.

    2. Select the Enable Java, Enable JavaScript, and Enable style-sheets check boxes.

    3. Click OK to return to the browser home page.

    4. Click Edit>Preferences again and access the Advanced>Cache option.

    5. Select Every time.

    6. Click OK.

Step 3 Enter the IP address of the switch in the Location field (the Address field if you are using Internet Explorer).

Step 4 Press Return. The universal access page for your switch displays.

Note You are prompted with a message if your browser version is not supported.


Step 5 Click Visual Switch Manager to display the manager home page.

For More Information

The Catalyst 2900 Series XL Installation and Configuration Guide provides detailed instructions for using the Cisco Visual Switch Manager Software and the
Cisco IOS CLI for configuring your Cisco 2900 series XL switch. See Release Notes for the Catalyst 2900 Series XL Cisco IOS Release 11.2(8)SA3 for additional information about Internet Explorer security settings and late-breaking information about the Catalyst 2900 Series XL switch.


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