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Catalyst2955 Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter1 Configuring the Switch with the CLI-B ased Setup Program
Entering the Initial Configuration Information
IP Settings
You will 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:
Step1 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
Step2 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