Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series, Software Configuration Manual

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Configuring the Switch for the First Time
This chapter describes how to initially configure the switch.
The information presented here supplements the administration information and procedures in the
Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals
Command Reference .
This chapter includes the following major sections:
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Default Switch Configuration, page 3-1
• Configuring DHCP-Based Autoconfiguration, page 3-2
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Configuring the Switch, page 3-8
• Controlling Access to Privileged EXEC Commands, page 3-13
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Recovering a Lost Enable Password, page 3-25
• Modifying the Supervisor Engine Startup Configuration, page 3-25
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Replacing and Rolling-Back Configuration, page 3-33
• Resetting a Switch to Factory Default Settings, page 3-34
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, see the
Cisco IOS Command Reference Guides for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch .
If a command is not in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference , you can locate it in
the Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases .
Default Switch Configuration
This section describes the default configurations for the switch. Table 3-1 shows the default
configuration settings for each feature.
Table 3-1 Default Switch Configuration
Feature Default Settings
Administrative connection Normal mode
Global switch information No default value for system name, system contact, and location
System clock No value for system clock time