Cisco CATALYST 2960 - Ease-of-Deployment and Ease-of-Use Features; Express Setup for quickly configuring a switch for the first time with basic IP information, contact information, switch and Telnet passwords, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) information through a browser-based program. For more information about Express Setup, see the getting started guide.; User-defined and Cisco-default Smartports macros for creating custom switch configurations for simplified deployment across the network.; An embedded device manager GUI for configuring and monitoring a single switch through a web browser. For information about launching the device manager, see the getting started guide. For more information about the device manager, see the switch online help.

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Chapter 2 Catalyst 2960 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
boot manual
boot manual
Use the boot manual global configuration command to enable manually booting the switch during the
next boot cycle. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.
boot manual
no boot manual
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults Manual booting is disabled.
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines The next time you reboot the system, the switch is in boot loader mode, which is shown by the switch:
prompt. To boot the system, use the boot boot loader command, and specify the name of the bootable
image.
This command changes the setting of the MANUAL_BOOT environment variable. For more
information, see Appendix A, “Catalyst 2960 Switch Boot Loader Commands.”
Related Commands
Release Modification
12.2(25)FX This command was introduced.
Command Description
show boot Displays the settings of the boot environment variables.