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Catalyst 6500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide—Release 12.1 E
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support
Configuring Embedded CiscoView Support
These sections describe the Embedded CiscoView support available with Release 12.1(20)E and later
releases:
• Understanding Embedded CiscoView, page 1-2
• Installing and Configuring Embedded CiscoView, page 1-2
• Displaying Embedded CiscoView Information, page 1-3
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. You can download the Java Archive (JAR) files for Embedded CiscoView at
this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/sw-center/netmgmt/ciscoview/embed-cview-planner.shtml
Installing and Configuring Embedded CiscoView
To install and configure Embedded CiscoView, perform the following steps:
Note The default password for accessing the switch web page is the enable-level password of the switch.
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.
