Specifications

Accessing the Management Interfaces

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Accessing the Management Interfaces

You can choose to use the default settings of the switch or to use the management interfaces

to conﬁgure and monitor the switch.

This section describes how to access the following management interfaces if the switch is

not a cluster member:

• Catalyst 1900 Switch Manager

• Management console and CLI

• SNMP

Access to the management console or the CLI requires a direct connection to the switch

console port or a Telnet session. Access to the Catalyst 1900 Switch Manager, Cluster

Management applications, or SNMP requires a connection to one of the switch network

ports.

If the switch is a cluster member, you can access its management interfaces through the

command switch. For information about accessing the switch from the command switch,

refer to the Cisco IOS Desktop Switch Software Conﬁguration Guide, Catalyst 2900 Series

XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)XP.

Accessing the Switch Manager

Note You access the switch manager from a management station that is connected to one

of the switch network ports. Therefore, make sure that you do not disable or otherwise

misconﬁgure the port through which you are communicating with the switch. You might

want to write down the port number to which you are connected. Make changes to the

switch IP information with care.

To access the switch manager, your management station must have one of the supported

browsers listed on Table 1-9 on page 1-16. The following sections describe how to

conﬁgure your browser for web-based management:

• “Conﬁguring Netscape Communicator 4.5, 4.51, or 4.61” section on page 2-35

• “Conﬁguring Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01a” section on page 2-35

• “Conﬁguring Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0” section on page 2-37