Completing the initial configuration – Cisco 3030 User Manual

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

Accessing the CLI Through the Console Port

Completing the Initial Configuration

Follow these steps to complete the setup program and to create an initial configuration for the switch.

Note

For information about automatically configuring the switch, see the “Assigning the Switch IP Address
and Default Gateway” chapter in the switch configuration guide.

Step 1

After you have pressed Enter or Return after the prompt to start the initial configuration setup program,
enter yes at these prompts:

Would you like to terminate autoinstall? [yes]: yes

--- System Configuration Dialog ---

Continue with 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

Configuring global parameters:

Step 2

Enter a hostname for the switch after the prompt, and press Return.

The hostname is limited to 20 characters. Do not use -n, where n is a number, as the last character in a
hostname for any switch.

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.

Step 4

Enter an enable password, and press Return.

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.

Step 6

(Optional) Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) by responding to the prompts.

1.

To configure SNMP later, press Return (which applies the default of no). If you accept the default,
you can configure SNMP later through the CLI.

Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]:

2.

To configure SNMP now, enter yes.

Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]: yes

Community string [public]: public

Step 7

Enter the interface name (physical interface or VLAN name) of the interface that connects to the
management network, and press Return.

Enter vlan1 for the interface name at this prompt.

Step 8

To configure the interface, enter Yes after the prompt, and then enter the switch IP address and subnet
mask. Press Return.

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