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System Info and System Setup

Quick Start up Software Version Information

Quick Start up Physical Port Data

Table 6-1.

Quick Start up Software Version Information

Command

Details

show hardware

(in Privileged EXEC)

Allows the user to see the software version the device contains

Machine Model (The type and number of ports the device provides.)

For example:

Machine Model FSM7328S

24 = 24 10/100 ports

04 = 4 Uplink ports on front of switch

Table 6-2.

Quick Start up Physical Port Data

Command

Details

show port all

(in Privileged EXEC)

Displays the Ports

slot/port

Type - Indicates if the port is a special type of port

Admin Mode - Selects the Port Control Administration State

Physical Mode - Selects the desired port speed and duplex mode

Physical Status - Indicates the port speed and duplex mode

Link Status - Indicates whether the link is up or down

Link Trap - Determines whether or not to send a trap when link status

changes

LACP Mode - Displays whether LACP is enabled or disabled on this

port.

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Quick Start up User Account Management

Quick Start up IP Address

To view the network parameters the operator can access the device by the following three

methods.

•

Simple Network Management Protocol - SNMP

•

Telnet

•

Web Browser

Table 6-3.

Quick Start up User Account Management

Command

Details

show users

(in Privileged EXEC)

Displays all of the users that are allowed to access the switch

Access Mode - Shows whether the user is able to change

parameters on the switch(Read/Write) or is only able to view

then (Read Only).

As a factory default, admin has Read/Write access and guest

has Read Only access. There can only be one Read/Write user

and up to 5 Read Only users.

show loginsession

(in User EXEC)

Displays all of the login session information

users passwd <

username>

(in Global Config)

Allows the user to set passwords or change passwords needed

to login

A prompt will appear after the command is entered requesting

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

leave the area blank. The operator must press enter to execute

the command.

The system then prompts the user for a new password then a

prompt to confirm the new password. If the new password and

the confirmed password match a message will be displayed.

User password should not be more than eight characters in

length.

copy system:running-config

nvram:startup-config

(in Privileged EXEC)

This will save passwords and all other changes to the device.

If you do not save config, all configurations will be lost when a

power cycle is performed on the switch or when the switch is

reset

logout

(in User EXEC and Privileged

EXEC)

Logs the user out of the switch

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Note:

The user should do a

copy system:running-config nvram:startup-config

after

configuring the network parameters so that the configurations are not lost.

Note:

The IP address assigned to

network

in the above table will not be routable. If access to

management CPU via the routable interface is desired, use the

ip

command.

Table 6-4.

Quick Start up IP Address

Command

Details

show network

(in User EXEC)

Displays the Network Configurations

IP Address - IP Address of the interface

Default IP is 0.0.0.0

Subnet Mask - IP Subnet Mask for the interface

Default is 0.0.0.0

Default Gateway - The default Gateway for this interface

Default value is 0.0.0.0

Burned in MAC Address - The Burned in MAC Address used for in-

band connectivity

Locally Administered MAC Address - Can be configured to allow a

locally administered MAC address

MAC Address Type - Specifies which MAC address should be used for

in-band connectivity

Network Configurations Protocol Current - Indicates which network

protocol is being used

Default is none

Management VLAN Id - Specifies VLAN id

Web Mode - Indicates whether HTTP/Web is enabled.

Java Mode - Indicates whether java mode is enabled.

network parms

(in Privileged EXEC)

network parms <ipaddr

> <netmask> [<gateway>]

IP Address range from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

Subnet Mask range from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

Gateway Address range from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255

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Quick Start up Uploading from Switch to Out-of-Band PC (Only

XMODEM)

Quick Start up Downloading from Out-of-Band PC to Switch

(Only XMODEM)

Table 6-5.

Quick Start up Uploading from Switch to Out-of-Band PC (XMODEM)

Command

Details

copy {

nvram:startup-config |

nvram:errorlog |

nvram:msglog |

nvram:traplog} <url>

The types are:

config - configuration file

errorlog - error log

system trace - system trace

traplog - trap log

The URL must be specified as:

xmodem:filepath/fileName

This starts the upload and also displays the mode of

uploading and the type of upload it is and confirms the

upload is taking place.

For example:

If the user is using HyperTerminal, the user must

specify where the file is going to be received by the

PC.

Table 6-6.

Quick Start up Downloading from Out-of-Band PC to Switch (Only XMODEM)

Command

Details

copy <url> {nvram:startup-config |

system:image}

Sets the download datatype to be an image or

config file.

The URL must be specified as:

xmodem:filepath/fileName

For example:

If the user is using HyperTerminal, the user

must specify which file is to be sent to the

switch.

The Switch will restart automatically once the

code has been downloaded.

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Quick Start up Downloading from TFTP Server

Before starting a TFTP server download, the operator must complete the Quick Start up for the IP

Address.

Quick Start up Factory Defaults

Table 6-7.

Quick Start up Downloading from TFTP Server

Command

Details

copy <url> {nvram:startup-config |

system:image}

Sets the download datatype to be an image

or config file.

The URL must be specified as:

tftp://ipAddr/filepath/fileName.

The nvram:startup-config option downloads

the config file using tftp and system:image

option downloads the code file.

Table 6-8.

Quick Start up Factory Defaults

Command

Details

clear config

Enter yes when the prompt pops up to clear all the configurations

made to the switch.

copy system:running-config

nvram:startup-config

Enter yes when the prompt pops up that asks if you want to save

the configurations made to the switch.

reload OR Cold Boot the Switch

Enter yes when the prompt pops up that asks if you want to reset

the system.

This is the users choice either reset the switch or cold boot the

switch, both work effectively.