Cisco WS-C2950-24 Configuration Manual page 15

Preface
Audience
The Catalyst 2900 Series XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Software
Configuration Guide is for the network manager responsible for configuring the
Catalyst 2900 series XL and Catalyst 3500 series XL switches, hereafter referred
to as the switches. Before using this guide, you should be familiar with the
concepts and terminology of Ethernet and local area networking.
Purpose
This guide provides information about configuring and troubleshooting a switch
or switch clusters. This guide also provides information about configuring the
Cisco 575 Long-Reach Ethernet (LRE) customer premises equipment (CPE). It
includes descriptions of the management interface options and the features
supported by the switch software.
Use this guide in conjunction with other documents for the following topics:
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• Requirements—This guide assumes you have met the hardware and software
requirements and cluster compatibility requirements, as described in the
release notes.
Start up information—This guide assumes you have assigned switch IP
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information and passwords by using the setup program, which is described in
the release notes.
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