Cisco Systems OL-12761-02 User Manual
Using This Guide
This guide is for those who will install or use the switch. It covers the topics to
help you learn about the switch and how to effectively use it.
Although extensive networking knowledge is not necessary, we recommend
familiarity with LAN switch fundamentals. The Cisco Press General Networking
Resources website has links to documents that provide internetworking
overviews.
http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac123/ac220/about_cisco_general_networking
_resources.html
How This Guide Is Organized
This guide is organized in this way:
Chapter 1, “Introduction”
Chapter 2, “Setting Up the
Switch”
Chapter 3, “Installing the
Switch”
Chapter 4, “Connecting to
the Switch”
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This chapter describes the software and hardware features and benefits so
that you can decide how to use the switch to meet your network objectives.
This chapter provides the recommendations, the guidelines, and the
procedures for setting up the switch for the first time. It also includes
procedures on how to display the device manager interface through a
secured mode.
This chapter provides the recommendations, the guidelines, and the
procedures for installing the switch.
This chapter provides the recommendations, the guidelines, and the
procedures for connecting devices to the switch.
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Chapter 5, “Changing the
Switch Network Settings”
Chapter 6, “Monitoring the
Switch”
Chapter 7, “Troubleshooting
the Switch”
Appendix A, “Reference”
Appendix B, “Cisco Support
Resources”
This document uses the following conventions and symbols for notes, cautions,
and warnings. Translations of the warning statements in this document appear in
the Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Catalyst Express 520
Switches document.
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to
materials not contained in this manual.
This chapter describes the basic IP address settings and administrative
switch settings that you can modify from the switch device manager.
Use this chapter with the procedures in the device manager online help.
This chapter describes the device manager features that you can use to
monitor the status and the performance of the switch.
Use this chapter with the procedures in the device manager online help.
This chapter provides basic troubleshooting advice to help you resolve
basic switch and network problems.
This appendix has the switch technical specifications, including the switch
serial number location, cabling guidelines, and connector specifications.
This appendix describes the Cisco resources where you can learn more
about networking and the switch, can obtain Cisco documentation, and can
access Cisco technical support.
Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could
result in equipment damage or loss of data.
Warning
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This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause
bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards
involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices for
preventing accidents. Use the statement number provided at the end of each
warning to locate its translation in the translated safety warnings that
accompanied this device. Statement 1071
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