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Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)EX November 2005 Corporate Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 526-4100 Customer Order Number: DOC-7817058= Text Part Number: 78-17058-01
Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)EX November 2005 Corporate Headquarters Cisco Systems, Inc. 170 West Tasman Drive San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA http://www.cisco.com Tel: 408 526-4000 800 553-NETS (6387) Fax: 408 526-4100 Customer Order Number: DOC-7817058= Text Part Number: 78-17058-01
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..., USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. All rights reserved. and Access Registrar, Aironet, ASIST, BPX, Catalyst, CCDA, CCDP, CCIE, CCIP, CCNA, CCNP, Cisco, the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert logo, Cisco IOS, Cisco Press, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems Capital, the Cisco Systems logo, Cisco Unity, Empowering the Internet Generation, Enterprise/Solver, EtherChannel, EtherFast, EtherSwitch, Fast Step, FormShare, GigaDrive, GigaStack, HomeLink, Internet Quotient...
..., USAGE, OR TRADE PRACTICE. All rights reserved. and Access Registrar, Aironet, ASIST, BPX, Catalyst, CCDA, CCDP, CCIE, CCIP, CCNA, CCNP, Cisco, the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert logo, Cisco IOS, Cisco Press, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems Capital, the Cisco Systems logo, Cisco Unity, Empowering the Internet Generation, Enterprise/Solver, EtherChannel, EtherFast, EtherSwitch, Fast Step, FormShare, GigaDrive, GigaStack, HomeLink, Internet Quotient...
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... Software Image 3-14 Controlling Environment Variables 3-15 Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image 3-16 Configuring a Scheduled Reload 3-17 Displaying Scheduled Reload Information 3-18 Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents 4-1 Understanding Cisco Configuration Engine Software 4-1 Configuration Service 4-2 Event Service 4-3 NameSpace Mapper 4-3 What You Should Know About the CNS IDs and Device Hostnames 4-3 ConfigID 4-3 DeviceID 4-4 Hostname...
... Software Image 3-14 Controlling Environment Variables 3-15 Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image 3-16 Configuring a Scheduled Reload 3-17 Displaying Scheduled Reload Information 3-18 Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents 4-1 Understanding Cisco Configuration Engine Software 4-1 Configuration Service 4-2 Event Service 4-3 NameSpace Mapper 4-3 What You Should Know About the CNS IDs and Device Hostnames 4-3 ConfigID 4-3 DeviceID 4-4 Hostname...
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... platform forward Command 36-19 Using the crashinfo File 36-22 Supported MIBs A-1 MIB List A-1 Using FTP to Access the MIB Files A-3 Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images B-1 Working with the Flash File System B-1 Displaying Available File Systems B-2 Setting the Default File System B-3 Displaying Information about... a Configuration File By Using TFTP B-10 Downloading the Configuration File By Using TFTP B-10 Uploading the Configuration File By Using TFTP B-11 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide xxix
... platform forward Command 36-19 Using the crashinfo File 36-22 Supported MIBs A-1 MIB List A-1 Using FTP to Access the MIB Files A-3 Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images B-1 Working with the Flash File System B-1 Displaying Available File Systems B-2 Setting the Default File System B-3 Displaying Information about... a Configuration File By Using TFTP B-10 Downloading the Configuration File By Using TFTP B-10 Uploading the Configuration File By Using TFTP B-11 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide xxix
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...Configuration File B-18 Working with Software Images B-18 Image Location on the Switch B-19 tar File Format of Images on a Server or Cisco.com B-19 Copying Image Files By Using TFTP B-20 Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File By Using TFTP B-21 Downloading an...File By Using RCP B-28 Downloading an Image File By Using RCP B-29 Uploading an Image File By Using RCP B-31 Unsupported Commands in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)EX C-1 Access Control Lists C-1 Unsupported Privileged EXEC Commands C-1 Unsupported Global Configuration Commands C-1 ARP Commands C-1 Unsupported Global Configuration ...
...Configuration File B-18 Working with Software Images B-18 Image Location on the Switch B-19 tar File Format of Images on a Server or Cisco.com B-19 Copying Image Files By Using TFTP B-20 Preparing to Download or Upload an Image File By Using TFTP B-21 Downloading an...File By Using RCP B-28 Downloading an Image File By Using RCP B-29 Uploading an Image File By Using RCP B-31 Unsupported Commands in Cisco IOS Release 12.2(25)EX C-1 Access Control Lists C-1 Unsupported Privileged EXEC Commands C-1 Unsupported Global Configuration Commands C-1 ARP Commands C-1 Unsupported Global Configuration ...
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... 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Hardware Installation Guide. Before using the commands that have experience working with the Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the Cisco ME 3400 switch. This guide does not describe system messages you supply values are in boldface text. ... home page at Service and Support > Technical Documents. For the latest documentation updates, see the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco IOS Software drop-down list. For information about these conventions: • Commands and keywords are in italic. • Square brackets ([ ]) mean ...
... 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Hardware Installation Guide. Before using the commands that have experience working with the Cisco IOS software and be familiar with the Cisco ME 3400 switch. This guide does not describe system messages you supply values are in boldface text. ... home page at Service and Support > Technical Documents. For the latest documentation updates, see the Cisco IOS documentation set available from the Cisco IOS Software drop-down list. For information about these conventions: • Commands and keywords are in italic. • Square brackets ([ ]) mean ...
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...the leave latency for the network. • Switch Database Management (SDM) templates for allocating system resources to drop packets with embedded Cisco IOS CNS Agents in this section is running platforms such as HP OpenView or SunNet Manager. For more information about the CLI, see ... its corresponding MAC address • Unicast MAC address filtering to maximize support for user-selected features Management Options • CLI-The Cisco IOS software supports desktop- You can manage from an SNMP-compatible management station that allows disabling MAC address learning on a VLAN to a...
...the leave latency for the network. • Switch Database Management (SDM) templates for allocating system resources to drop packets with embedded Cisco IOS CNS Agents in this section is running platforms such as HP OpenView or SunNet Manager. For more information about the CLI, see ... its corresponding MAC address • Unicast MAC address filtering to maximize support for user-selected features Management Options • CLI-The Cisco IOS software supports desktop- You can manage from an SNMP-compatible management station that allows disabling MAC address learning on a VLAN to a...
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... 3 router redundancy (requires metro IP access image) • Equal-cost routing for link-level and switch-level redundancy (requires metro IP access image) Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 1-4 78-17058-01 Loop guard for preventing alternate or root port NNIs from the blocking state to...-PVST+, and MSTP modes on NNIs). Root guard for preventing switches outside the network core from sending or receiving BPDUs - Features Chapter 1 Overview • Cisco IOS File System (IFS) for providing a single interface to all file systems that receive BPDUs -
... 3 router redundancy (requires metro IP access image) • Equal-cost routing for link-level and switch-level redundancy (requires metro IP access image) Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 1-4 78-17058-01 Loop guard for preventing alternate or root port NNIs from the blocking state to...-PVST+, and MSTP modes on NNIs). Root guard for preventing switches outside the network core from sending or receiving BPDUs - Features Chapter 1 Overview • Cisco IOS File System (IFS) for providing a single interface to all file systems that receive BPDUs -
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Chapter 1 Overview Where to Go Next Where to Go Next Before configuring the switch, review these sections for startup information: • Chapter 2, "Using the Command-Line Interface" • Chapter 3, "Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway" • Chapter 4, "Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents" 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 1-15
Chapter 1 Overview Where to Go Next Where to Go Next Before configuring the switch, review these sections for startup information: • Chapter 2, "Using the Command-Line Interface" • Chapter 3, "Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway" • Chapter 4, "Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents" 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 1-15
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..., such as show commands, which show and more Commands, page 2-8 • Accessing the CLI, page 2-9 Understanding Command Modes The Cisco IOS user interface is divided into many different modes. To have access to all commands, you start at the system prompt to obtain a list...configuration mode. CH A P T E R 2 Using the Command-Line Interface This chapter describes the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) and how to use the hostname Switch. 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 2-1 To access the various configuration modes, you must start...
..., such as show commands, which show and more Commands, page 2-8 • Accessing the CLI, page 2-9 Understanding Command Modes The Cisco IOS user interface is divided into many different modes. To have access to all commands, you start at the system prompt to obtain a list...configuration mode. CH A P T E R 2 Using the Command-Line Interface This chapter describes the Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) and how to use the hostname Switch. 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 2-1 To access the various configuration modes, you must start...
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...This chapter describes how to create the initial switch configuration (for example, assigning the switch IP address and default gateway information) for the Cisco Metro Ethernet (ME) 3400 Ethernet Access switch by using a variety of the switch. Understanding the Boot Process To start your switch,...8226; Performs power-on the switch, and setting up the flash file system. 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 3-1 It also describes how to the Cisco IOS IP Command Reference, Volume 1 of the flash device that makes up the initial configuration (IP ...
...This chapter describes how to create the initial switch configuration (for example, assigning the switch IP address and default gateway information) for the Cisco Metro Ethernet (ME) 3400 Ethernet Access switch by using a variety of the switch. Understanding the Boot Process To start your switch,...8226; Performs power-on the switch, and setting up the flash file system. 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 3-1 It also describes how to the Cisco IOS IP Command Reference, Volume 1 of the flash device that makes up the initial configuration (IP ...
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Unavailability of the Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 for IP connectivity to the TFTP server, and... configuration, the switch attempts to download one or more configuration files from the specified TFTP server. 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 3-5 Configuring the TFTP Server Based on the settings of the DHCP ...router IP address or the TFTP server name are not in the reply, the switch is a Cisco device, see the "Configuring DHCP" section of the "IP Addressing and Services" section of other lease options does not...
Unavailability of the Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 for IP connectivity to the TFTP server, and... configuration, the switch attempts to download one or more configuration files from the specified TFTP server. 78-17058-01 Cisco ME 3400 Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Guide 3-5 Configuring the TFTP Server Based on the settings of the DHCP ...router IP address or the TFTP server name are not in the reply, the switch is a Cisco device, see the "Configuring DHCP" section of the "IP Addressing and Services" section of other lease options does not...
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...Software Configuration Guide 78-17058-01 Modifying the Startup Configuration These sections describe how to copy the configuration file, see Appendix B, "Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images," for information about alternative locations from which to modify the switch startup configuration: • Default Boot... Manually, page 3-14 • Booting a Specific Software Image, page 3-14 • Controlling Environment Variables, page 3-15 See also Appendix B, "Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images."
...Software Configuration Guide 78-17058-01 Modifying the Startup Configuration These sections describe how to copy the configuration file, see Appendix B, "Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images," for information about alternative locations from which to modify the switch startup configuration: • Default Boot... Manually, page 3-14 • Booting a Specific Software Image, page 3-14 • Controlling Environment Variables, page 3-15 See also Appendix B, "Working with the Cisco IOS File System, Configuration Files, and Software Images."
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...will be loaded during the next boot cycle. Beginning in the BOOT environment variable. Filenames and directory names are case sensitive. The Cisco IOS image is completely searched before continuing the search in the configuration file. The boot config-file global configuration command changes the setting ... filename. Verify your entries in the original directory. Specifying the Filename to Read and Write the System Configuration By default, the Cisco IOS software uses the file config.text to load during the next boot cycle. Chapter 3 Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default...
...will be loaded during the next boot cycle. Beginning in the BOOT environment variable. Filenames and directory names are case sensitive. The Cisco IOS image is completely searched before continuing the search in the configuration file. The boot config-file global configuration command changes the setting ... filename. Verify your entries in the original directory. Specifying the Filename to Read and Write the System Configuration By default, the Cisco IOS software uses the file config.text to load during the next boot cycle. Chapter 3 Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default...
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...environment variable. • Data that controls code, which does not read the Cisco IOS configuration file. Verify your entries in the configuration file. The boot system global command changes the setting of the Cisco IOS configuration file can be stored as shown in this example: ***** The system ...9600 bps. To return to When you enter the boot loader mode only through a switch console connection configured for reading the Cisco IOS configuration file. The break key character is different for terminal emulators that do not support the break keys. Environment variables store two...
...environment variable. • Data that controls code, which does not read the Cisco IOS configuration file. Verify your entries in the configuration file. The boot system global command changes the setting of the Cisco IOS configuration file can be stored as shown in this example: ***** The system ...9600 bps. To return to When you enter the boot loader mode only through a switch console connection configured for reading the Cisco IOS configuration file. The break key character is different for terminal emulators that do not support the break keys. Environment variables store two...
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...can change the settings of the environment variables by accessing the boot loader or by using Cisco IOS commands. Table 3-4 Environment Variables Variable BOOT MANUAL_BOOT CONFIG_FILE Boot Loader Command Cisco IOS Global Configuration Command set CONFIG_FILE flash:/file-url boot config-file flash:/file-url Changes ...system, the switch is set but the specified images cannot be loaded, the system attempts to boot the first bootable file that Cisco IOS uses to load and execute when automatically booting. Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image You can find in boot loader mode....
...can change the settings of the environment variables by accessing the boot loader or by using Cisco IOS commands. Table 3-4 Environment Variables Variable BOOT MANUAL_BOOT CONFIG_FILE Boot Loader Command Cisco IOS Global Configuration Command set CONFIG_FILE flash:/file-url boot config-file flash:/file-url Changes ...system, the switch is set but the specified images cannot be loaded, the system attempts to boot the first bootable file that Cisco IOS uses to load and execute when automatically booting. Scheduling a Reload of the Software Image You can find in boot loader mode....
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... external directory or other data store is network management software that they deliver, storing their configurations and delivering them to configure the Cisco IOS CNS agents on Cisco.com http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4617/tsd_products_support_series_home.html This chapter consists of these CNS components: • Configuration service (web server, file...
... external directory or other data store is network management software that they deliver, storing their configurations and delivering them to configure the Cisco IOS CNS agents on Cisco.com http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/netmgtsw/ps4617/tsd_products_support_series_home.html This chapter consists of these CNS components: • Configuration service (web server, file...
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The configuration server is the core component of the Cisco Configuration Engine. The Cisco IOS agent can either apply configurations immediately or delay the application until receipt of the syntax check. ...configuration information in the form of a configuration server that works with Cisco IOS CNS agents on the network for initial configuration and mass reconfiguration by logical groups. Understanding Cisco Configuration Engine Software Chapter 4 Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents Figure 4-1 Configuration Engine Architectural Overview Service provider network ...
The configuration server is the core component of the Cisco Configuration Engine. The Cisco IOS agent can either apply configurations immediately or delay the application until receipt of the syntax check. ...configuration information in the form of a configuration server that works with Cisco IOS CNS agents on the network for initial configuration and mass reconfiguration by logical groups. Understanding Cisco Configuration Engine Software Chapter 4 Configuring Cisco IOS CNS Agents Figure 4-1 Configuration Engine Architectural Overview Service provider network ...
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... the corresponding switch definition on the Configuration Engine. This unique identifier can use the namespace mapping service to designate events by Cisco IOS. Within the scope of the configuration server, no two configured switches can share the same value for ConfigID. The event ...provide configurations to devices, you have populated your data store with each synonym is a highly capable publish-and-subscribe communication method. Cisco IOS devices recognize only event subject-names that provides a lookup service for managing logical groups of messages. The ConfigID defined on the...
... the corresponding switch definition on the Configuration Engine. This unique identifier can use the namespace mapping service to designate events by Cisco IOS. Within the scope of the configuration server, no two configured switches can share the same value for ConfigID. The event ...provide configurations to devices, you have populated your data store with each synonym is a highly capable publish-and-subscribe communication method. Cisco IOS devices recognize only event subject-names that provides a lookup service for managing logical groups of messages. The ConfigID defined on the...
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...targeted as originated on the switch, must access the event bus. Enter the no cns event global configuration command followed by the Cisco IOS hostname of the corresponding switch definition in turn functions as the DeviceID when an event is sent on hostname. Caution When using the...Therefore, the DeviceID, as a specific destination on the bus. When the connection is re-established, the switch sends its hostname to the Cisco IOS hostname each time this DeviceID value for sending an event on the bus. The event gateway couples the DeviceID value to the event gateway...
...targeted as originated on the switch, must access the event bus. Enter the no cns event global configuration command followed by the Cisco IOS hostname of the corresponding switch definition in turn functions as the DeviceID when an event is sent on hostname. Caution When using the...Therefore, the DeviceID, as a specific destination on the bus. When the connection is re-established, the switch sends its hostname to the Cisco IOS hostname each time this DeviceID value for sending an event on the bus. The event gateway couples the DeviceID value to the event gateway...