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IP Settings, Completing the Setup Program

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Appendix C Configuring the Switch with the CLI-Based Setup Program Entering the Initial Configuration Information IP Settings You need this information from your network administrator before you complete the setup program: • Switch IP address • Subnet mask (IP netmask) • Default gateway (router) • Enable secret password • Enable password • Telnet password Completing the Setup Program Follow these steps to complete the setup program and to create an initial configuration for the switch: Step 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 Step 2 Enter a host name for the switch, and press Return. On a command switch, the host name is limited to 28 characters; on a member switch to 31 characters. Do not use -n, where n is a number, as the last character in a host name for any switch. Enter host name [Switch]: host_name Step 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 Step 4 Enter an enable password, and press Return. Enter enable password: enable_password Step 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 OL-7075-09 Catalyst 2960 Switch Hardware Installation Guide C-5

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Catalyst 2960 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Appendix C
Configuring the Switch with the CLI-Based Setup Program
Entering the Initial Configuration Information
IP Settings
You need this information from your network administrator before you complete the setup program:
•
Switch IP address
•
Subnet mask (IP netmask)
•
Default gateway (router)
•
Enable secret password
•
Enable password
•
Telnet password
Completing the Setup Program
Follow these steps to complete the setup program and to create an initial configuration for the switch:
Step 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
Step 2
Enter a host name for the switch, and press
Return
.
On a command switch, the host name is limited to 28 characters; on a member switch to 31 characters.
Do not use
-n
, where n is a number, as the last character in a host name for any switch.
Enter host name [Switch]:
host_name
Step 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
Step 4
Enter an enable password, and press
Return
.
Enter enable password:
enable_password
Step 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