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Cisco Systems 2900 Series XL manual

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    T AKE O UT W HA T Y OU NEED C ABLE THE S WITCH A SSIGN S WITCH I NFORMA TION A CCESS THE S WITCH FROM Y OUR B ROWSER 1 2 3 5 4 Quick Start Guide C ATA L Y S T 2900 S ERIES XL S WITCHES SERIES 1X 2X SERIES 10BaseT/ 100BaseT hub 10BaseT/ 100BaseT switch 10BaseT/ 100BaseTX workstations Web-based or SNMP-based management station Cisco IOS command-line [...]

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    1 T ake Out What Y ou Need Note: Y ou need to supply a Category 5 straight-through or crossover cables to connect to Ethernet devices. Catalyst 2900 series XL Ethernet switch Hardware installation guide and release notes RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover console cable AC power cable RJ-45-to-DB-9 serial connector RJ-45-to-DB-9 terminal connector Rack-mount k[...]

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    2 Cable the Switch 1x MODE 3x 4x 5x 6x 7x 8x 1x 2x 9x 10x 11x 12x 13x 14x 15x 16x 17x 18x 19x 20x 21x 22x 23x 24x 10BaseT/100BaseTX 1x 2x 3x 4x 1X 100BaseFX 1X 100BaseFX RJ-45-to-RJ-45 Cat 5 straight- through cable RJ-45 Ethernet port RJ-45 10/100 port WS-X2914-XL-V Tighten Screws To Activ ate WS-X2922-XL-V Tighten Screws To Activ ate Connect PCs, [...]

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    3 RJ-45 console port RJ-45-to-RJ-45 rollover cable RJ-45-to-DB-9 adapter (labeled TERMINAL) DC INPUTS FOR REMOTE POWER SUPPL Y SPECIFIED IN MANUAL. +5V @24A, +12V @1.0A DC INPUTS FOR REMOTE POWER SUPPL Y SPECIFIED IN MANUAL. +5V @24A, +12V @1.0A CONSOLE DC INPUT RATING 100-120/200-240V 2.0A/1.0A 50-60HZ CONSOLE DC INPUT RATING 100-120/200-240V 2.0A[...]

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    4 Assign Switch Information The first time that you access the switch, it runs a setup program that prompts you for IP and other configuration information necessary for the switch to communicate with local routers and the Internet. This information is also required if you plan to use the Cluster Management Suite to configure and manage the switc[...]

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    5 8 Enter Y to enter a T elnet password: Would you like to configure a Telnet password? [yes] y Note: The password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters, is case-sensitive, allows spaces, but ignores leading spaces. 9 Enter the T elnet password, and press Return : Enter Telnet password: telnet_password 10 Enter Y to configure the switch as t[...]

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    6 A Java browser plug-in is required to access the HTML interface. Y ou can download the plug-in from Cisco Connection Online (CCO). If you have a SmartNet support contract, you can log in to the following URL and download the plug-in: • http://www .cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cat2900XL If you do not have a SmartNet contract, you can download[...]

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    7 Configuring Netscape Communicator (All V ersions) 1 From the menu bar , select Edit>Preferences. 2 In the Preferences window , click Advanced . 3 Select the Enable Java , Enable JavaScript , and Enable Style Sheets check boxes. 4 From the Advanced drop-down list, select Cache . 5 Under Document in cache is compared to document on network , se[...]

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    8 17 In the Add this W eb site to the Zone field, enter the IP address of the switch. Note: If the you plan to use Cluster Management for switch configuration, you must enter the address of the cluster command switch. Y ou can also enter the addresses of the member switches, but they are not required. If you plan to use V isual Switch Manager (VS[...]

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