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Configuring the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch with 
Cisco Network Assistant
This chapter describes how to install Network Assistant on the workstation and configure the Catalyst 
4500 (or 4900) series switch to communicate with Network Assistant. (The term Catalyst 4500 series 
switch will be used to refer to both switch types in this chapter.) It also describes how to create 
communities and clusters, which are two technologies used by Network Assistant to manage a group of 
network devices, including the Catalyst 4500 series switch.
This chapter contains these topics:
• About Network Assistant, page 16-2
• Network Assistant-Related Parameters and Their Defaults, page 16-2
• Network Assistant CLI Commands, page 16-3
• Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant, page 16-4
• Managing a Network Using Community, page 16-6
• Converting a Cluster into a Community, page 16-10
• Managing a Network Using Cluster, page 16-11
• Configuring Network Assistant in Community or Cluster Mode, page 16-13
Note The Network Assistant is not bundled with an online software image on Cisco.com. You can download 
the Network Assistant at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5931/index.html
For information on software and hardware requirements, installing Network Assistant, launching 
Network Assistant, and connecting Network Assistant to a device refer to Getting Started with Cisco 
Network Assistant, available at the URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps5931/prod_installation_guides_list.html.
For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, see the
Cisco IOS Command Reference Guides for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch.
If a command is not in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference , you can locate it in 
the Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases.