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Switch Configuration
Starting the switch
Configuring the Switch

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Switch Overview

Switches contain CPU, RAM,

Operating System
POST

When switched on System LED

indicates status
Color System Status
Off

System is not powered on.

Green System is operating normally.

Amber System is receiving power but
is not functioning properly.

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Status LED Overview

Mode button toggles
between different port
modes
Port mode displayed on
Port Mode LEDs
Individual Port status
above each port

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Port Status 1

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Port Status 2

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User Mode Commands

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Switch Management
Connect to switch via console connection
Give switch IP address on management VLAN 1
Switch(config)#interface vlan 1
Switch(config-if)#ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0

Use web-browser based management

Switch(config)#ip http server

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Switch Configuration 1
Erase any existing settings

Reload the switch

VLAN database
Configuration in NVRAM

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Switch Configuration 2 - Security

Static MAC address

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Switches

Contain:
CPU
RAM
Operating System

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LED
Indicators
Default
setting

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POST Test & Initial boot Up, and

Help

Console into a switch with the same cable used to console

into a router
Use same settings in Hyperterminal
Context sensitive help is available from the command line
using the question mark as you would in router help.

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Catalyst IOS Intro

User EXEC mode and Privileged EXEC mode.

enable command.

IOS based switch is just like the router IOS.

configure command go to global config mode.
copy run start to save config to NVRAM.

Host Name configuration -1-255 characters

hostname [name]

Comment to help identify the interface.

description [description-string] - interface config. mode
Use quotes when using spaces in string.

IOS-based: same as on a router.

access help by entering ?

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Default Configuration
When powered up w/out configuration, the
default name is Switch.
No passwords have been configured.
All switch ports are part of VLAN 1
Switch has no IP address
Show version shows the IOS version and
the configuration register.
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First,
Actual Configuration
Remove any VLAN info (delete flash: vlan.dat)
Erase startup
Reload
Follow router configuration method to configure
hostname, line passwords, set a default gateway, etc.
Set IP address for management VLAN1 for telnet
access.
Fast Ethernet ports default to auto-speed and autoduplex, or they can be set manually.
Management of a switch can also be done using a GUI
interface as long as HTTP service is turned on.
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Remote Access to Switch

To telnet, ping, or globally manage the switch:

Enter an IP address and management VLAN.

Configuration
interface vlan 1

ip address [address][mask]
ip default-gateway [address]
Verify with show ip interface

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Defining port speed / duplex

Speed:
Interface config mode:

speed [10 | 100 | auto]

Line mode is either full duplex or half duplex.

Interface config mode:

duplex [auto | full | half]

auto option only for fixed Fast Ethernet TX
ports.

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Backup on TFTP Server

IOS-based commands:
copy run tftp to save config file to
tftp server.
copy tftp run to download config
from tftp server to active config and to
NVRAM.

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VLAN Configuration
Entering VLAN Database
Switch#vlan database
Switch(vlan)#

Adding VLANs

Switch(vlan)#vlan 15 name Accounting

Deleting VLAN database

Switch#delete flash:vlan.dat

Assigning ports to a VLAN

Switch(config)#interface FastEthernet 0/12

Switch(config-if)#switchport access vlan 15

Verify VLAN Configuration

Switch#show vlan

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MAC Address Table

Switches learn the MAC addresses of workstations that are

connected to their switch ports by examining the source address
of frames that are received on that port then they are placed in
a MAC table.
If no frames are seen with a previously learned address, the MAC
address entry is automatically discarded or aged out after 300
seconds.

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Static MAC addresses

If entered by an admin, it will be permanent and not age out

or be cleared out by powering down the switch.
The node has to be attached to the switch.

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Port Security
Anyone can plug in if they are in the open
Port security can be set on an interface so that,
for instance, the number of MAC addresses that
can be learned on any one interface could
be 1.
Note commands
available
Port security can be verified with:
Show port security

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Adding a Switch

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MAC Addresses

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Password Recovery
On a Cisco Catalyst 2900, hold down the
MODE button during switch startup to
begin the process.
Instructions attached for Password
Recovery on a Cisco 1900 Catalyst
Switch.

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Chapter 6 Switch Configuration