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Chapter 3
Connecting the Switch to the Network
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Resource State Forwarding
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Switch Up Disabled
Check the version at the replacement ARX. In this example, the software
version (6.02.00) is not outdated:
SWITCH> show version
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Running Release
test1.rel : Version 6.02.000 .11927 (Nov 23 2009 21:57:26) [nbuilds]
Armed Release
test1.rel : Version 6.02.000.11927 (Nov 23 2009 21:57:26) [nbuilds]
Backup Release
test3.rel : Version 6.02.000.11927 (Nov 23 2009 21:57:26) [nbuilds]
System Configuration: Version 501000.36
Connecting to the Client/Server Network
The replacement switch must be connected to a machine on the network
with:
• a new software-release file and
• the running-config file from the failed ARX.
If the replacement switch is running a release earlier than 6.0.0, the
interview script only connects the switch to your out-of-band management
network. If you are running 6.00.000 or later, or if your ARX release files
and running-config files are accessible through the out-of-band network,
you can skip this section. These steps are required for systems that need to
access the client/server network.
To access the client/server network, enable at least one client/server VLAN
with at least one member interface and a management IP and establish a
default route on that VLAN’s IP network. This example reaches a
client/server network on VLAN 74:
SWITCH> enable
SWITCH# config
SWITCH(cfg)# vlan 74
SWITCH(cfg ‐ vlan[74])# members 1/5
SWITCH(cfg ‐ vlan[74])# exit
SWITCH(cfg)# interface vlan 74
SWITCH(cfg ‐ if ‐ vlan[74])# ip address 192.168.74.66 255.255.255.0
SWITCH(cfg ‐ if ‐ vlan[74])# no shutdown
SWITCH(cfg ‐ if ‐ vlan[74])# exit
SWITCH(cfg)# interface gigabit 1/5
SWITCH(cfg ‐ if ‐ gig[1/5])# no shutdown
SWITCH(cfg ‐ if ‐ gig[1/5])# exit
SWITCH(cfg)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.74.1
SWITCH(cfg)# exit
SWITCH#