Software Configuration for vswitch Configuration

After the physical connection is complete, we need to turn on the computer and switch power for software configuration. Next we will describe this configuration process with a Cisco netmanager switch "Catalyst 1900. Before entering the configuration, we also need to enter the system. The steps are as follows:
Step 2: power on the computer connected to the vswitch and run one of Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows 1st.
Step 2: Check whether the "Super Terminal" Hyper Terminal) component is installed. If the component is not found in the "attachment" Accessories), you can Add the Windows component by adding/deleting programs Add/Remove Program.
All right, after the "Super Terminal" is installed, we can communicate with the switch. Of course, we need to connect and turn on the switch power). The following steps are officially configured. Before using a Super Terminal to establish a communication with a vswitch, you must first set the Super Terminal.
All default configurations of the Catalyst 1900 switch before configuration are as follows: all ports have no port names; all ports have Normal priority and all 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports are set to Auto, all 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports are set to half duplex mode and no virtual subnet is configured. The steps for formal configuration are as follows ):
Step 4: Click the start button and click Super Terminal in the attachment option of the program menu. The page shown in Figure 4 is displayed.

　
Figure 4
Step 2: double-click the "Hypertrm" icon to bring up the dialog box 5 shown. This dialog box is used to oppose a new super terminal connection item.
　
Figure 5
Step 2: In the "name" text box, type the name of the connection item for creating a super-level terminal. This is mainly for easy identification and there are no special requirements. Here we enter "Cisco ", if you want to select an icon that you like for this connection item, you can also select one in the icon bar and click "OK" to bring up the dialog box 6.
　
Figure 6
Step 2: select the serial port of the computer connected to the vswitch from the "connect to use" drop-down list box. Click OK to bring up the dialog box 7.

Figure 7
Step 2: Select "5th" in the "baud rate" drop-down list box, because this is the highest Communication Rate of the serial port, all other options use the default value. Click "OK". If the communication is normal, the main configuration interface similar to the following is displayed, and the initial configuration of the switch is displayed in this window.
Catalyst 1900 Management Console
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All rights reserved.
Standard Edition Software
Ethernet address: 00-E0-1E-7E-B4-40
PCA Number: 73-2239-01
PCA Serial Number: SAD01200001
Model Number: WS-C1924-A
System Serial Number: FAA01200001
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User Interface Menu
[M] Menus // main configuration menu
[I] IP Configuration // IP address and other configurations
[P] Console Password // control Password configuration
Enter Selection: // Enter a shortcut letter for the item to be selected, and press Enter to confirm
Note: The content following "//" is the author's explanation of the preceding statement, the same below.
Now, the vswitch configuration page is officially entered. The following work will officially configure the vswitch.