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Accessing the Switch Chapter 2 Installation of Cisco MDS SAN-OS and Fabric Manager Send documentation comments to [email protected] Caution If you do not save the configuration at this point, none of your changes are updated the next time the switch is rebooted. Type yes to save the new configuration. This ensures that the kickstart and system images are also automatically configured (see Chapter 15, "Software Images"). Using the setup Command To make changes to the initial configuration at a later time, you can issue the setup command in EXEC mode. switch# setup ---- Basic System Configuration Dialog ---This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management of the system. *Note: setup always assumes a predefined defaults irrespective of the current system configuration when invoked from CLI. Press Enter incase you want to skip any dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime to skip away remaining dialogs. Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): yes The setup utility guides you through the basic configuration process. Accessing the Switch After initial configuration, you can access the switch in one of three ways (see Figure 2-2): • Serial console access-You can use a serial port connection to access the CLI. • In-band IP (IPFC) access-You can use Telnet or SSH to access a switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family or use Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager to access the switch. • Out-of-band (10/100BASE-T Ethernet) access-You can use Telnet or SSH to access a switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family or use Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager to access the switch. 2-12 Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide OL-8007-10, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x