In this session of A Few Easy Steps, we will be doing the initial setup on a Cisco Switch. In General this will work on any Cisco Switch.
Session Prerequisites:
- You have a Cisco Console Cable
- You have a serial port
- You have a Terminal Program that you can access your Serial Port
Session Assumptions:
- Hostname is TestSW1
- Management Network is 192.168.1.0/24
- Management Address is 192.168.1.10
- Management VLAN is VLAN1
- Time Zone is EST
- Enable Password is: TAKE@GUESS
Our goals of this session are:
- Set a Hostname
- Setup a basic management address
- Set the System Time and Date
- Set Enable Password
Set a Hostname:
conf t ! hostname TESTSW1 ! exit ! copy running-config startup-config
Set a Basic Management Address:
conf t ! interface vlan 1 ! no shut ! ip address 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0 ! description MGMTINT ! exit ! copy running-config startup-config
Set the System time and Date:
conf t ! clock timezone EASTERN -5 ! exit ! clock set 03:36:00 19 November 2012 ! copy running-config startup-config
Set Enable Password:
conf t ! enable password TAKE@GUESS ! exit ! copy running-config startup-config
Entire Session:
conf t ! hostname TESTSW1 ! interface vlan 1 ! no shut ! ip address 192.168.1.10 255.255.255.0 ! description MGMTINT ! clock timezone EASTERN -5 ! exit ! clock set 03:36:00 19 November 2012 ! conf t ! enable password TAKE@GUESS ! exit ! copy running-config startup-config