
Appendix C Configuring the Switch with the 
Entering the Initial Configuration Information
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 | At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help. | |
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 | Use  | |
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 | Default settings are in square brackets '[]'. | |
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 | Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity | |
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 | for management of the system, extended setup will ask you | |
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 | to configure each interface on the system. | |
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 | Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]: yes | |
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 | Step 2 | Enter a host name for the switch, and press Return. | |
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 | On a command switch, the host name is limited to 28 characters and on a member switch to 31 | |
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 | Enter host name [Switch]: host_name | |
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 | Step 3 | Enter an enable secret password, and press Return. | |
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 | The password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters, can start with a number, is case sensitive, | |
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 | allows spaces, but ignores leading spaces. The secret password is encrypted, and the enable password is | |
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 | Enter enable secret: secret_password | |
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 | Step 4 | Enter an enable password, and press Return. | |
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 | Enter enable password: enable_password | |
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 | Step 5 | Enter a virtual terminal (Telnet) password, and press Return. | |
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 | The password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric characters, is case sensitive, allows spaces, but ignores | |
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 | leading spaces. | |
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 | Enter virtual terminal password:  | |
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 | Step 6 | To configure the country code, enter yes and press Return. | |
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 | Do you want to configure country code? [no]: yes | |
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 | Step 7 | Enter the country code, and press Return. | |
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 | Enter the country code[US]:US | |
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 | Step 8 | (Optional) Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) by responding to the prompts. You | |
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 | can also configure SNMP later through the CLI, Device Manager, or the Cisco Network Assistant | |
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 | application. To configure SNMP later, enter no. | |
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 | Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]: no | |
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 | Step 9 | Enter the interface name (physical interface or VLAN name) of the interface that connects to the | |
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 | management network, and press Return. For this release, always use vlan1 as that interface. | |
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 | Enter interface name used to connect to the | |
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 | management network from the above interface summary: vlan1 | |
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 | Step 10 Configure the interface by entering the switch IP address and subnet mask and pressing Return. The IP | ||
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 | address and subnet masks shown are examples. | |
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 | Configuring interface vlan1: | |
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 | Configure IP on this interface? [yes]: yes | |
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 | IP address for this interface: 10.4.120.106 | |
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 | Subnet mask for this interface [255.0.0.0]: 255.0.0.0 | |
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