Completing the Setup Program

Appendix C Configuring the Switch with the CLI-Based Setup Program

Entering the Initial Configuration Information

	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
Step 6	(Optional) Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) by responding to the prompts. You
	can also configure SNMP later through the CLI, the device manager, or the Network Assistant
	application. To configure SNMP later, enter no.
	Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]: no
Step 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
Step 8	Configure the interface by entering the switch IP address and subnet mask and pressing Return. The IP
	address and subnet masks shown below 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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2960 specifications

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Cisco Systems 2960 specifications Completing the Setup Program

Models: 2960

Completing the Setup Program

Enter Yes at these two prompts.

address and subnet masks shown below are examples.

2960 specifications