Cisco Nexus 5000 Series - Changing the Initial Configuration; Accessing the Switch

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 1 Configuring the Switch
Accessing the Switch
The following configuration will be applied:
username admin password <user-password> role network-admin
snmp-server community snmp_community ro
switchname switch
telnet server enable
ssh key dsa 768 force
ssh server enable
system default switchport shutdown san
system default switchport trunk mode on
system default zone default-zone permit
system default zone distribute full
Would you like to edit the configuration? (yes/no) [n]: no
Step 21 Enter yes (yes is default) to use and save this configuration:
Use this configuration and save it? (yes/no) [y]: yes
Caution If you do not save the configuration at this point, none of your changes are updated the next
time the switch is rebooted. Type yes to save the new configuration. This operation ensures
that the kickstart and system images are also automatically configured (see “Image Files on
the Switch” section on page 1-1).
Changing the Initial Configuration
To make changes to the initial configuration at a later time, enter the setup command in EXEC mode:
switch# setup
---- Basic System Configuration Dialog ----
This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
*Note: setup is mainly used for configuring the system initially,
when no configuration is present. So setup always assumes system
defaults and not the current system configuration values.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime
to skip the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): yes
The setup utility guides you through the basic configuration process.
Accessing the Switch
After the initial configuration, you can access the switch in a number of ways:
• Serial console access—You can use a serial port connection to access the CLI.
• Out-of-band access—You can use Telnet or SSH to access a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch or use
the Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager application to connect to the switch using SNMP.