Table Of Contents

Product Overview

Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support

Understanding Embedded CiscoView

Installing and Configuring Embedded CiscoView

Displaying Embedded CiscoView Information

Product Overview

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The Cisco IOS on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches product supports the following hardware and software:

•Supervisor Engine 2, Policy Feature Card 2 (PFC2), and Multilayer Switch Feature Card 2 (MSFC2); and in Catalyst 6500 series switches:

–Switch Fabric Module

–Fabric-enabled switching modules

–Fabric-enabled switching modules with a distributed forwarding card (DFC)

•Supervisor Engine 1, PFC, and MSFC or MSFC2

•All Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration from the same user interface

•Except for VLANs, Layer 2 and Layer 3 configuration is stored in a standard IOS configuration file

Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 E on the Catalyst 6500 and Cisco 7600 Supervisor Engine and MSFC publication for complete information about the chassis, modules, and software features supported by the Catalyst 6500 series switches:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12.1E/native/release/notes/OL_2310.html

The Cisco IOS on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches product supports configuration using:

•CLI—See Chapter 2, "Command-Line Interfaces"

•SNMP—Refer to the IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Command Reference at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/tsd_products_support_eol_series_home.html

•IOS web browser interface—Refer to "Using the Cisco Web Browser" in the IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Command Reference at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1831/tsd_products_support_eol_series_home.html

•Embedded CiscoView—See the "Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support" section.

Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support

These sections describe the Embedded CiscoView support available with Release 12.1(20)E and later releases:

•Understanding Embedded CiscoView

•Installing and Configuring Embedded CiscoView

•Displaying Embedded CiscoView Information

Understanding Embedded CiscoView

The Embedded CiscoView network management system is a web-based interface that uses HTTP and SNMP to provide a graphical representation of the switch and to provide a GUI-based management and configuration interface.

Installing and Configuring Embedded CiscoView

To install and configure Embedded CiscoView, perform the following steps:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1	Router# dir device_name	Displays the contents of the device. If you are installing Embedded CiscoView for the first time, or if the CiscoView directory is empty, skip to Step 4.
Step 2	Router# delete device_name:cv/*	Removes existing files from the CiscoView directory.
Step 3	Router# squeeze device_name:	Recovers the space in the file system.
Step 4	Router# archive tar /xtract tftp:// ip address of tftp server/ciscoview.tar device_name:cv	Extracts the CiscoView files from the tar file on the TFTP server to the CiscoView directory.
Step 5	Router# dir device_name:	Displays the contents of the device. In a redundant configuration, repeat Step 1 through Step 5 for the file system on the redundant supervisor engine.
Step 6	Router# configure terminal	Enters global configuration mode.
Step 7	Router(config)# ip http server	Enables the HTTP web server.
Step 8	Router(config)# snmp-server community string ro	Configures the SNMP password for read-only operation.
Step 9	Router(config)# snmp-server community string rw	Configures the SNMP password for read/write operation.

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Note The default password for accessing the switch web page is the enable-level password of the switch.

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For more information about web access to the switch, refer to "Using the Cisco Web Browser" in the IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide at this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_1/configfun/configuration/guide/fcd105.html

Displaying Embedded CiscoView Information

To display the Embedded CiscoView information, enter the following EXEC commands:

Command	Purpose
Router# show ciscoview package	Displays information about the Embedded CiscoView files.
Router# show ciscoview version	Displays the Embedded CiscoView version.