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Getting Started with Cisco Network Assistant
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Appendix A Configuring a Catalyst 4500 Series Switch for Network Assistant Management
Configuring Your Switch for Network Assistant
This section describes how to configure your switch for Network Assistant. It includes these sections:
• Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network Assistant, page A-2
• Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Community, page A-3
• Additional Configuration Required to Manage a Cluster, page A-3
Minimum Configuration to Access Catalyst 4500 from Network Assistant
If you use the default configuration, access the Catalyst 4500 series switch, and enter the ip http server
(for HTTP) or the ip http secure-server (for HTTPS) global configuration command:
1. You need to set an IP address in each switch for community device discovery and for the cluster
commander.
2. Port number on the Network Assistant and the Catalyst 4500 series switch must match.
3. You can only change this value for a cluster of devices. Port number on the Network Assistant and on the
Catalyst 4500 series switch must match. Value can be changed to any non-default number above 1024.
4. Required for Network Assistant to access the device.
5. Enabled only if you want to manage a cluster of devices.
Command Purpose
Step 1
Switch# configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
Switch(config)# ip http server
or
Switch(config)# ip domain-name
domain_name
(HTTP only) Enable the HTTP server on the switch. By
default, the HTTP server is disabled.
Enable the domain name on the switch to configure HTTPS.
Step 3
Switch(config)# ip http secure-server
Enable the HTTPS server on the switch. By default, the
HTTPS server is disabled.
Step 4
Switch(config)# ip http max-connections
connection_number
Configure the maximum concurrent connections to the
HTTP server.
We recommend using 16 as the connection_number.
Step 5
Switch(config)# ip http timeout-policy idle
idle_time
life
life_time
requests
requests
Configure the HTTPS port.
The idle keyword specifies the maximum amount of time a
connection can stay idle. We recommend an idle value of 180
seconds.
The life keyword specifies the maximum amount of time that
a connection can stay open since it was established. We
recommend a life value of 180 seconds.
The requests keyword specifies the maximum amount of
requests on a connection. We recommend a maximum of 25
requests.
Step 6
Switch(config-if)# end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 7
Switch# show running-config
Verify the configuration.
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