Specifications

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General Switch Administration

This chapter provides the following switch administration topics:

• Basic IP connectivity to the switch

• Switch software releases

• Console port access

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) access

• Telnet access

• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) network management

platforms

• Default settings of key software features

Refer to the release notes for information about starting up the switch:

• Software and hardware requirements and compatibility

• Browser and Java plug-in configurations

• Setup program

Also refer to the release notes about switch upgrades.

For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.0 commands, refer to

the Cisco IOS Release 12.0 documentation on Cisco.com.