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Chapter 3 Getting Started with CMS
Configuring CMS
Access to Older Switches In a Cluster
If your cluster has these member switches running earlier software releases and if you have read-only
access to these member switches, some configuration windows for those switches display incomplete
information:
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Catalyst 2900 XL or Catalyst 3500 XL member switches running Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)WC2
or earlier
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Catalyst 2950 member switches running Cisco IOS Release 12.0(5)WC2 or earlier
For more information about this limitation, refer to the release notes.
These switches do not support read-only mode on CMS:
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Catalyst 1900 and Catalyst 2820 switches
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Catalyst 2900 XL switches with 4-MB CPU DRAM
In read-only mode, these switches appear as unavailable devices and cannot be configured from CMS.
Configuring CMS
This section contains these topics that describe the requirements and configuration information for CMS:
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“CMS Requirements” section on page 3-7
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“Cross-Platform Considerations” section on page 3-9
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“Launching CMS” section on page 3-10
CMS Requirements
This section describes the hardware and software requirements for running CMS:
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“Minimum Hardware Configuration” section on page 3-8
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“Operating System and Browser Support” section on page 3-8
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“Browser Plug-In Requirements” section on page 3-8
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“Specifying an HTTP Port (Nondefault Configuration Only)” section on page 3-9
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“Configuring an Authentication Method (Nondefault Configuration Only)” section on page 3-10
Note
The software requirements are automatically verified by the CMS Startup Report when you launch CMS.
For more information, see the