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Catalyst 2970 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Preface
Audience
This guide is for the networking professional managing the Catalyst 2970 switch, hereafter referred to
as the switch. Before using this guide, you should have experience working with the Cisco IOS software
and be familiar with the concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area networking.
Purpose
This guide provides the information that you need to configure features on your switch. The Catalyst
2970 enhanced software image provides enterprise-class intelligent services such as access control lists
(ACLs) and quality of service (QoS) features.
This guide provides procedures for using the commands that have been created or changed for use with
the Catalyst 2970 switch. It does not provide detailed information about these commands. For detailed
information about these commands, refer to the Catalyst 2970 Switch Command Reference for this
release. For information about the standard Cisco IOS Release 12.1 commands, refer to the Cisco IOS
documentation set available from the Cisco.com home page at Service and Support > Technical
Documents. On the Cisco Product Documentation home page, select Release 12.1 from the Cisco IOS
Software drop-down list.
This guide also includes an overview of the Cluster Management Suite (CMS), a web-based switch
management interface that helps you create and manage clusters of switches. This guide does not provide
field-level descriptions of the CMS windows nor does it provide the procedures for configuring switches
and switch clusters from CMS. For all CMS window descriptions and procedures, refer to the CMS
online help, which is integrated with the software image.
This guide does not describe system messages you might encounter or how to install your switch. For
more information, refer to the Catalyst 2970 Switch System Message Guide for this release and to the
Catalyst 2970 Switch Hardware Installation Guide.