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Configuring the Switch with the CLI-Based Setup Program
Entering the Initial Configuration Information
Completing the Setup Program
To complete the setup program and to create an initial configuration for the switch:
1.
Enter Yes at these two prompts:
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: yes
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity
for management of the system, extended setup will ask you
to configure each interface on the system.
Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]: yes
2.
Enter a hostname for the switch, and press Return.
On a command switch, the hostname is limited to 28 characters; on a member switch, it is limited to 31 characters. Do
not use -n, where n is a number, as the last character in a hostname for any switch.
Enter host name [Switch]: host_name
3.
Enter an enable secret password, and press Return.
The password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters, can start with a number, is case sensitive, allows spaces,
but ignores leading spaces. The secret password is encrypted, and the enable password is in plain text.
Enter enable secret: secret_password
4.
Enter an enable password, and press Return.
Enter enable password: enable_password
5.
Enter a virtual terminal (Telnet) password, and press Return.
The password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters, is case sensitive, allows spaces, but ignores leading spaces.
Enter virtual terminal password: terminal-password
6.
(Optional) Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) by responding to the prompts. You can also
configure SNMP later through the CLI, Device Manager, or the Cisco Network Assistant application. To configure
SNMP later, enter no.
Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]: no
7.
Enter the interface name (physical interface or VLAN name) of the interface that connects to the management
network, and press Return. For this release, always use vlan1 as that interface.
Enter interface name used to connect to the
management network from the above interface summary: vlan1
8.
Configure the interface by entering the switch IP address and subnet mask and pressing Return. The IP address and
subnet masks shown here are examples.
Configuring interface vlan1:
Configure IP on this interface? [yes]: yes
IP address for this interface: 10.4.120.106
Subnet mask for this interface [255.0.0.0]: 255.0.0.0
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