Cisco Network Switch Cabling manual

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 16 Control Node and Network Switch Cabling Example This docume nt provides background infor mation and detailed procedures for cab ling dual Cassatt Active R esponse control nodes a nd netw o rk switches and for configuring those netw ork switches . These pr ocedures a[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 17 application nodes . Note that detailed instr uct ions for adding application nodes are in a separate documen t, which yo u should consult wh en you are ready to cable application nodes into your Cassatt Acti ve R esp onse environment. (Figure 1 hi ghlights the contr[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 18 T able 1 shows ho w each por t is used on the switc h and control node . T able 1 Description of Panel and Main Board Not ation Not a tion Description ISL-1 Used to create the first half of interswitch link (ISL) connection between the tw o Cisco switches . ISL-2 Us[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 19 Racking and cabling guidelines T o cable your control nodes to the network sw itc hes according to Figure 1, follow these steps . Remember that this sample configurat io n uses four netwo rk switches , so use thes e instr uctions as a guideline for your o w n config[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 20 3. Connect the cont rol nodes to the shared sto rage hardware, as follows: 4. Using crossov er cables , create an inters witch link (ISL) betw een the two Cisco 3750 switches . The recommended configuration us es two ISL connections between the Cisco switches for in[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 21 Configuring the switches After you hav e racked and cabled the control nodes and sw itches , you need to configure both Cisco switch stac ks . If you are using another of the Cassatt recommend ed switches (see the Info Central site for recommended switch hardw are),[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 22 4. Plug in the Cisco switches in a stac k. 5. Many boot-up and self-test messages will scroll on the console monitor . When the process is completed, use the following table to deter mine your next ste p: Restoring the factory default settings T o reset the switc he[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 23 3. If the switch w a s used previously in a switch stack, and is no w in a diff erent switch stack, it may ha ve a switch n umber other than 1 and 2. T o deter mine if the switch number must be reset, display the switc h configuration as follows: Current Switch# Rol[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 24 Changing Switch Number 3 to Switch Number 2 New Switch Number will be effective after next reboot 6. Exit the configuration mode, as follo ws : 7. Halt and perfor m a cold restar t, as follows: 00:08:23: %SYS-5-RELOAD: Reload requested Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 25 2. Enter the privileged mode, as follows: 3. Enter the configuration mode, as follo ws: Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. 4. T urn the messag es off, as follows: 5. T ur n off all interfaces on the first switch, as follows: 6. T urn off al[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 26 7. Set the host name of the switc h stack, as follo ws: 8. Set the switch stac k’ s enable password, as follo ws: 9. T ur n off the VLAN tr unking protoc ol (VTP), as follows: sw01(config)# Setting device to VTP TRANSPARENT mode. 10. Enable the portfast bpduguard [...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 27 11. Ag g reg ate the tw o physical links betw een the two Cisco switches in the stac k into a single logical link, as follows: Creating a port-channel interface Port-channel 1 12. Set the interface co nnection to the ro uter, as follo ws: At this prompt... Enter ...[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 28 13. Set the remaining interfaces , wh ich are identical, as follo ws . %Warning: portfast should only be enabled on ports connected to a single host. Connecting hubs, concentrators, switches, bridges, etc... to this interface when portfast is enabled, can cause temp[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 29 %Portfast will be configured in 23 interfaces due to the range command but will only have effect when the interfaces are in a non-trunking mode 14. Disable IGMP snooping, as follows: 15. T urn off the HTTP ser ver , as follows: 16. Set the message of the day , as fo[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 30 17. T ur n all the interfaces back on, as follo ws: 18. T ur n log ging to the c onsole back on, as follows: 19. Exit the configuration mode, as follo ws: 20. V erify the switch configuration, as follo ws: Building configuration... Current configuration : 3230 bytes[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 31 interface Port-channel1 no ip address ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1 no ip address no mdix auto channel-group 1 mode on ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2 switchport mode access no ip address no mdix auto ! interface GigabitEthernet1/0/3 switchport mode access no ip[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 32 ! interface GigabitEthernet2/0/3 switchport mode access no ip address no mdix auto spanning-tree portfast ! interface GigabitEthernet2/0/4 switchport mode access no ip address no mdix auto spanning-tree portfast ! interface GigabitEthernet2/0/5 switchport mode acces[...]

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    C ASSATT A CTIVE R ESPONSE C ONTROL N ODE AND N ETWORK S WITCH C ABLING E XAMPLE 33 21. Sav e the configuration across a reboot of the switch, as follows: Destination filename [startup-config]? Building configuration... [OK] sw01# 22. Configure the second Cisco switch stack b y re peating step 1 in Connecting the switch to a ter minal ser ver on pa[...]