Cisco Systems 2900 user manual

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About This Guide
This section discusses the objectives, intended audience, and organization of the Catalyst
2900 User Guide, and defines the conventions used to convey instructions and information.
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Audience Audience Setting up and maintaining a network requires the knowledge and expertise of people with a variety of skills. In many cases, the people responsible for installing and maintaining hardware and wiring are not the people who configure the software and administer the network. This publication provides information specific to initial installation and configuration of the switch hardware and software. To use this publication you should be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring pr

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Document Organization • Chapter 6, “Configuring the Fast Ethernet Software,” discusses the procedures used to configure the supervisor engine, Ethernet and Fast Ethernet ports using the command line interface. • Chapter 7, “Confirming the Installation,” describes procedures used to confirm if the hardware and software installation and configuration procedures were successful. • Chapter 8, “Troubleshooting the Installation,” provides troubleshooting guidelines for the initial hardware installation and

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Document Conventions Document Conventions This publication uses the following conventions. Command descriptions use these conventions: • Examples that contain system prompts denote interactive sessions, indicating the commands that you should enter at the prompt. The system prompt indicates the current level of the EXEC command interpreter. For example, the prompt Console> indicates that you should be at the user level, and the prompt Console>(enable) indicates that you should be at the privileg

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Document Conventions Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph. Warning 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. About This Guide xxi

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