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Whenexecutinganinternetworkinstallation,manymechanismsandcomponentsareusuallyinvolved.Ciscois superiorbecauseitistheonlyinternetworkingcompanywithawellmadeendtoendinternetworkingsolution. CiscoswitchesmakestheLANmorecompetentbycreatingmultiplecollisiondomains.Eachswitchportisasplit collisiondomain.Withonlyonedeviceconnectedperport,collisionsarenotprobableandcommunicationsaremore efficient.Ciscoswitchesareverycapablebecausetheyperformpacketfilteringandforwardinginhardwareas opposedtosoftware.Ciscoswitchesincreasethespeedofwork. Ci c S i chC fig a i

AnewCiscoswitchisnotconfiguredbydefault.Usershavetoconfiguretheswitchwiththeconfigurationdialogue insetupmode.Afterthebasicswitchconfigurationisperformedinsetupmode,theusercanverify,modify,and deletetheswitch sconfigurationsettingsindifferentconfigurationmodeswiththeCiscoIOScommandline interface.CiscoIOS stwoprimarymodesareuserexecmodeandprivilegedexecmodealongwithconfiguration modessuchasglobalconfigurationmode,interfaceconfigurationmode,andlineconfigurationmodewithdistinctive prompts.Eachmodehasspecificcommandstoperformspecifictasks.Theuserexecmodeisthelimited examinationmode,whiletheprivilegedexecmodeisthedetailedexaminationandtheprerequisiteforallother configurationmodes.Globalconfigurationmodeisthemodefortheswitch sglobalsettings,whiletheinterface configurationmodeandlineconfigurationmodeconfigurethespecificinterfaceorline.CiscoIOScommandsinthe differentCiscoswitchseriesvary.Nowadays,themostpopularCiscoswitchseriesaretheCiscoCatalyst2950 seriesswitch,Cisco2960seriesswitch,andCisco3548seriesswitch. Ci c S i chC fig a i C a d

Itisimportanttoknowthebasicciscoswitchconfigurationwiththeciscoswitchconfigurationcommandsandbasic operationalciscoswitchcommandssothatanyinternetworkperforms. Herearesomebasicconfigurationandoperationcommandsofciscoswitches: i e face a 1:ThisisaglobalcommandthatconfigurestheinterfaceforVLAN(h :// . ech fa .c / a .h ). i defa ga e a [address]:Thisisaglobalcommandandsetdefaultgateway. i add e [address][ b e a (h :// . echfa .c / b e a .h )]:Thiscommandconfigures

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theinterfaceandsetstheipaddress. i e facefa E he e 0/ :Thiscommandputsusersintouser configurationmode. eed{10/100/1000/auto/nonegotiate}:Thiscommandsetsthe interface sspeed. d e {auto/full/half}:Thiscommandsetsduplexmodeforthe interface. i ch ec i acadd e :Thiscommandstatically addsaMACaddressastheallowedaddressontheport. i ch ec i acadd e ic :Thiscommand tellsswitchtolearnMACaddressesontheinterfaceandaddas secureMACs. i ch ec i i a i {protect/restrict/shutdown}: ThiscommandtellstheswitchwhattodoifanappropriateMAC triestoaccessthroughsecureswitchport. i ch ec i a i [value]:Thiscommand allowedmaxofsecureMAContheinterface. h a e[name]:Thiscommandassignsahostnametothe switch. i e 015:Thiscommandentersvtyconfigurationmode. i ec 0:Thiscommandentersconsoleconfigurationmode. gi :Thiscommandtellstheswitchtoaskforapassword. a d[password]:Thiscommandsetsthepassword. e ab e a d[password]:Thiscommandsetsthepassword toenterprivilegedmode. e ab e ec e [password]:Thiscommandsetsencryptedpassword. c fig e e i a :Thiscommandentersconfigurationmode. h i e face fa e he e 0/ :Thiscommanddisplaysinterfacestatus. h i e face :Thiscommanddisplaysinformationaboutaspecificinterface. h i e face a 1:Thiscommanddisplaystheipaddressconfiguration. h [ i g/ a ]c fig:ThiscommanddisplaysRAM/NVRAM(h :// . echfa .c / settings. h acadd e ab e:ThiscommanddisplaystheMACaddresstable. h ec i :[interface][address]:Thiscommandshowssecurityoptionsontheinterface. h e i :Thiscommanddisplaystheswitch shardwareandsoftwarestatus. h f a h:Thiscommanddisplaysthefilesanddirectoriesintheflash. h hi :Thiscommanddisplaysthelasttencommands. e a e a c fig:Thiscommanderasesstartupconfiguration. Ci c 2960S i ch TheCiscoCatalyst2960switchisoneofthepopularseriesthattheCiscoSystemintroducedwithamanagement console.TherearetwodifferentmodelsinCiscoCatalyst2960seriesswitchwithalluplinkports.Onemodelhas 12fastE he e (h :// . echfa .c /e he e .h )interfacesandtheotherhas24fastEthernetinterfaces.The CiscoCatalyst2960seriesswitchismostlyusedintheindustrialorISPsectorforitsbetterperformanceand scalabilityfeatures.

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AssigningIPtoCisco2950Switch UserscanassignanipaddresstotheCisco2950switchwiththisglobalconfigurationmodecommand. Switch2950(config)#interfacevlan1 Switch2950(configif)#ipaddress192.168(http://www.techfaq.com/192168.html).0.1255.255.255.0 HowtoConfigureaCisco3548Switch ConfiguringaCisco3548switchisverysimple.ConnecttheCisco3548switch sconsoleportwiththecomputer s comportbyusingtheUTP(http://www.techfaq.com/utp.html)rollovercable.Afterphysicalconnection,makea HyperTerminalsessionandgiveitanyname.ThecomportsettingshouldbeRestoreDefaultinthecomport s properties.Configurethebasicconfigurationsettingsinsetupmodewiththeconfigurationdialogue shelp.Thebasic configurationincludestheconfiguringofhostname,configuringtheenablesecretpassword,enablepasswordand thelinevtypassword,andtheconfigurationofeachfastEthernetinterfacealongwiththeVLANinterface configuration.Thevlaninterface sipconfigurationisalsoincludedinthebasicconfiguration. HowtoconfigureOSIBridgingonCiscoSwitch InordertoconfiguretheOSIbridgingonaCiscoswitch,usethecommandbridgingintheCiscoswitch sglobal configurationmode.
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