NETGEAR 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide

Uploading from Networking Device to Out-of-Band PC (Only XMODEM)

Downloading from Out-of-Band PC to Networking Device (Only XMODEM)

Downloading from TFTP Server

Restoring factory defaults

If you configure any network parameters, you should execute the following command: copy system:running-config nvram:startup-config

This command saves the changes to the configuration file. You must be in the correct mode to execute the command. If you do not save the configuration, all changes are lost when a you power down or reset the networking device. In a stacking environment, the running configuration is saved in all units of the stack.

Table 1-1describes the command syntax, the mode you must be in to execute the command, and the purpose and output of the command.

Table 1-1. Quick Start Commands

Command

Mode

Description

show hardware

Privileged

Shows hardware version, MAC address, and software version

 

EXEC

information.

show users

Privileged

Displays all of the users that are allowed to access the network-

 

EXEC

ing device.

 

 

Access Mode shows whether you can change parameters on the

 

 

networking device (Read/Write) or can only view them (Read

 

 

Only).

 

 

As a factory default, the ‘admin’ user has Read/Write access

 

 

and the ‘guest’ user has Read Only access. There can only be

 

 

one Read/Write user. There can be up to five Read Only users.

 

 

 

show

User EXEC

Displays all of the login session information.

loginsession

 

 

users passwd

Global Config

Allows the user to set passwords or change passwords needed

<username>

 

to login.

 

 

A prompt appears after the command is entered requesting the

 

 

users old password. In the absence of an old password leave the

 

 

area blank.

 

 

User password should not be more than eight characters in

 

 

length.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting Started

 

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NETGEAR 7000 manual Quick Start Commands Mode Description

7000 specifications

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