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Installation and Configuration Note for the Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Supervisor Engine 6L-E
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Supervisor Engine 6L-E
Figure 2
Connecting a Switch to a PC
By default, the Ethernet management port is enabled. The switch cannot route packets from the Ethernet
management port to a network port, and from the network port to the Ethernet port. To obtain these, the
Fa1 interface is automatically placed in a separate routing domain (or VRF domain), called
mgmtVrf
.
(You observe the
ip Vrf forwarding mgmtVrf
line in the running configuration when you boot up.)
Even though the Ethernet management port does not support routing, you might need to enable routing
protocols on the port. As illustrated in
Figure 3
, you must enable routing protocols on the Ethernet
management port when the PC is multiple hops away from the switch and the packets must pass through
multiple Layer 3 devices to reach the PC.
Figure 3
Network Example with Routing Protocols Enabled
The specific implementation of Ethernet management port depends on the redundancy model you are
applying.
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