Contents
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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Changing the Command History Buffer Size
2-5
Recalling Commands
2-5
Disabling the Command History Feature
2-5
Using Editing Features
2-6
Enabling and Disabling Editing Features
2-6
Editing Commands through Keystrokes
2-6
Editing Command Lines that Wrap
2-8
Searching and Filtering Output of show and more Commands
2-8
Accessing the CLI
2-9
Accessing the CLI through a Console Connection or through Telnet
2-9
C H A P T E R
3
Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway
3-1
Understanding the Boot Process
3-1
Initial Configuration
3-2
Assigning Switch Information
3-3
Default Switch Information
3-3
Understanding DHCP-Based Autoconfiguration
3-4
DHCP Client Request Process
3-4
Understanding DHCP-based Autoconfiguration and Image Update
3-5
DHCP Autoconfiguration
3-5
DHCP Auto-Image Update
3-5
Limitations and Restrictions
3-6
Configuring DHCP-Based Autoconfiguration
3-6
DHCP Server Configuration Guidelines
3-7
Configuring the TFTP Server
3-7
Configuring the DNS
3-8
Configuring the Relay Device
3-8
Obtaining Configuration Files
3-9
Example Configuration
3-10
Configuring the DHCP Auto Configuration and Image Update Features
3-11
Configuring DHCP Autoconfiguration (Only Configuration File)
3-12
Configuring DHCP Auto-Image Update (Configuration File and Image)
3-13
Configuring the Client
3-14
Manually Assigning IP Information
3-15
Checking and Saving the Running Configuration
3-16
Modifying the Startup Configuration
3-17
Default Boot Configuration
3-18
Automatically Downloading a Configuration File
3-18
Specifying the Filename to Read and Write the System Configuration
3-18
