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    CH A P T E R 5-1 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 5 Network Element Management This chapter descri bes how to manage chassis us ing the Cisco C atalyst Swit ch Manager, and consists of the follo wing primary section s : • Chassis Layer2/Layer3 Management W indo w • Network Element Management W indow • MA C Address Query Win[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management Chassis Layer2/Layer3 Management Window 5-2 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 Figure 5-1 Chassis Lay er2/ Lay er3 Mana gement Windo w The Chassis Layer2/Layer3 Management wi ndo w includes the following areas: • Layer 2 Confi guration • Layer 3 Confi guration[...]

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    5-3 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement Network Element M anagement Window Layer 2 Configuration The Layer 2 Confi guration area provides: • CDP—Displays t he Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) g lobal status on the network elem ent, enabled or disabled. • UDLP—Displays the UniDirectional Li[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management Network Element Mana gement Window 5-4 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 T o launch the Netw ork Element Management window , either: • Right–click a Site object wi thin the Netw ork or Physical containment vie ws, then choose CSM/7600 Manag er > NE Config/Mgmt . Or • Right–click a [...]

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    5-5 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement Network Element M anagement Window The Network Element o bject list (left-hand side of the windo w) allows multiple objects to be selected, so that configuration changes can be applied to multiple Network Element o bjects at the same time. The follo wing t[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management Network Element Mana gement Window 5-6 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 IP Address The IP Address area provides: • Supervisor—IP address used to access the switch or router . • MSFC—IP address of the management agent on the MSFC d aughter card (only in Hybrid OS). Operating System Th[...]

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    5-7 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement Network Element M anagement Window Cat OS Session The Cat OS Session area provides: • Same As IOS?—If enabled, the IOS telnet username and password are automatically used to connect to the Supe rvisor module over CatOS in Hybrid OS conf igurations. If [...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management Network Element Mana gement Window 5-8 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 Actions The Actions area pro vides: • Commission— Commission s the object manually . Y ou can commission the object only if the object is in a decommissioned state. Clicking this b utton forces a subchassi s discover[...]

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    5-9 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement Network Element M anagement Window SNMP Access Tab The follo w ing areas are av ailable on the SNMP Access tab of the N etwork Element Management windo w: • IOS/LINUX SNMP • Cat OS SNMP IOS/LINUX SNMP The IOS/LINUX SNMP area provides: • SNMP v2c Read[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management Network Element Mana gement Window 5-10 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 SNMP Trap Tab The follo wing areas are av ailable on the Conf iguration tab of the Network Element Management windo w: • Tr a p Ge n e r a t i o n • SNMP T rap Trap Generation The T rap Generation ar ea provides: ?[...]

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    5-11 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement Network Element M anagement Window • layer2Only—SNMP trap cli e nt is def ined on the datalink layer only . • layer3Only—SNMP trap cli e nt is def ined on the network layer only . • layer2And3—SNMP trap client is def ined on the datalink and n[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management Network Element Mana gement Window 5-12 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 The SNMP T rap Client Config ure windo w provides the follo wing: – SNMP T rap Clie nt Address—The IP address to which SNMP traps are sent. – SNMP T rap Client Community String—The community string used within t[...]

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    5-13 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement MAC Address Qu ery Window MAC Address Query Window MA C Addresses ar e used within a netwo rk to identify specif ic ports on an interface. Other de vices in the network use MA C addresses to locate ports in order to create and update routing tables an d d[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management MAC Addres s Query Wind ow 5-14 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01 Figur e 5-4 MAC A ddress Query Windo w The follo wing areas are av ailable on the MA C Address Query windo w: • Network Element • MA C Address Query Network Element The Network Element area consists of a li sting of all net[...]

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    5-15 Cisco Catalyst Switch Manager User Guide OL-6380-01 Chapter 5 Network Element Manag ement MAC Address Qu ery Window MAC Address Query The MA C Address Query area provides: • MA C Address—Indicate s the MA C addre ss to be queried. The MA C address should be entered in xxx x.xxxx.xxxx format where x may be 1 through 9, A through Z, or a thr[...]

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    Chapter 5 Network E lement Management MAC Addres s Query Wind ow 5-16 Cisco Catalyst Switch M anager User Guide OL-6380-01[...]