Cisco Systems MDS 9020 manual Preparing to Configure the Switch, Default Login

Chapter 3 Initial Configuration

Initial Setup Routine

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Preparing to Configure the Switch

Before you configure a Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch for the first time, you need the following information:

•Administrator password, including:

–Creating a password for the administrator (required).

–Creating an additional login account and password (optional).

•IP address for the switch management interface. The management interface is an out-of-band Ethernet interface.

•Subnet mask for the switch's management interface (optional).

•IP addresses, including:

–Destination prefix, destination prefix subnet mask, and next hop IP address, if you want to enable IP routing. Also, provide the IP address of the default network (optional).

–Otherwise, provide an IP address of the default gateway (optional).

•SSH service on the switch—To enable this optional service, select the SSH key (rsa) and the number of key bits (768 to 2048).

•Default domain name (optional).

•NTP server IP address (optional).

•SNMP community string (optional).

•Switch name—This is your switch prompt (optional).

Note Be sure to configure the IP route, the IP default network address, and the IP default gateway address to enable SNMP access. If IP routing is enabled, the switch uses the IP route and the default network IP address. If IP routing is disabled, the switch uses the default gateway IP address.

Default Login

The Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch has the network administrator as a default user (admin). You cannot change the default user at any time. (See the “Role-Based Authorization” section on page 9-5 .)

You must explicitly configure a strong password for the Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch. If a password is trivial (short, easy-to-decipher), your password configuration is rejected. Be sure to configure a strong password. (See “Configuring User Accounts” section on page 9-6 .) If you configure and subsequently forget this new password, you have the option to recover this password. (See the “Recovering the Administrator Password” section on page 9-10 .)

Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference

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