Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
Chapter 2 Configuring General Switch Features
Initializing the Switch
Initializing the Switch
After you assemble a new switch, as described in either the Cisco MGX 8850 Hardware Installation
Guide (PXM45/B and PXM1E) or the Cisco MGX 8950 Hardware Installation Guide, you must initialize
the switch before you can configure it. Although PXM45 cards ship with the latest version of boot
firmware on the front card, the runtime firmware cannot be loaded until both front and back cards have
been installed. When you initialize the switch, you are configuring the switch to load a specific runtime
firmware version from the PXM45 hard disk back card.
A new switch must be initialized using a console port management session. As shown in Figure 2-1, a
console port management session requires a terminal or workstation with a serial connection to the
Console Port (CP) port on the PXM45 UI-S3 back card.
Note Note that some or all of the commands discussed in this section require service-level or above user
privileges. To access these commands, you must have debug (Service or Cisco level) privileges and
passwords. Check with TAC for assistance.
Step 10
cnfsnmp community [string]
cnfsnmp contact [string]
cnfsnmp location [string]
Related commands:
dspsnmp
Configure SNMP management.
See the “Configuring for Network Management” section which
appears later in this chapter.
Step 11
dspcds
dspcd
cc <slotnumber>
Verify the hardware configuration.
See the “Verifying the Hardware Configuration” section, which
appears later in this chapter.
Command Purpose