Cisco Catalyst Switches
Just as I did with the routers configured in Chapter 6, “IP Routing,” I'll use a figure and set up the switches as examples in this chapter. Figure 7.7 shows the switched network I'll be working on.
I'm going to use a new 3560, a 2960, and a 3550 switch. But before I actually get into configuring one of the Catalyst switches, I have to fill you in regarding the bootup process of these switches, just as I did with the routers in Chapter 4, “Cisco's Internetworking Operating System (IOS).”
Figure 7.8 shows the detail of a typical Cisco Catalyst switch, and I need to tell you about the different interfaces and features of this product.
The first thing I want you to know is that the console port for a Catalyst switch is typically ...
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