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Chapter 1 Configuring the Switch with the CLI-Based Setup Program
Entering the Initial Configuration Information
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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.
Enter enable secret: secret_password
Step 4
Enter an enable password, and press Return .
Enter enable password: enable_password
Note
The CLI issues a warning message if the enable secret and enable
passwords are the same.
You can override this warning by re-entering the password or by choosing
a different password for the enable secret password.
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.
Enter virtual terminal password: terminal-password
Step 6
(Optional) Configure Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) by
responding to the prompts. You can also configure SNMP later through the CLI,
the device manager, or the Network Assistant application. To configure SNMP
later, enter
no .
Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]: no
Note For instructions on how to configure SNMP, see the switch software
configuration guide.
Step 7 Enter the interface name (physical interface or virtual local-area network
[VLAN] name) of the interface that connects to the management network, and
press
Return . For this release, always use vlan1 as that interface.
Enter interface name used to connect to the
management network from the above interface summary: vlan1