Getting Started
Starting the Web-based Switch Configuration Utility
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Password Expiration
The New Password Page is displayed:
• The first time you access the switch with the default username cisco and 
password cisco. This page forces you to replace the factory default 
password.
• When the password expires, this page forces you to select a new 
password.
Logging Out
By default, the application logs out after ten minutes of inactivity. You can change 
this default value as described in the Defining Idle Session Timeout section in the 
General Administrative Information and Operations chapter. 
CAUTION Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration, all 
changes made since the last time the file was saved are lost if the switch is 
rebooted. We recommend that you save the Running Configuration to the Startup 
Configuration before logging off to preserve any changes you made during this 
session. 
A red X icon displayed to the left of the Save application link indicates that Running 
Configuration changes have been made that have not yet been saved to the Startup 
Configuration file. 
When you click Save, the Copy/Save Configuration Page is displayed. Save the 
Running Configuration file by copying it to the Startup Configuration file. After this 
save, the red X icon and the Save application link are no longer displayed.
To logout, click Logout in the top right corner of any page. The system logs out of 
the switch.
When a timeout occurs or you intentionally log out of the system, a message is 
displayed and the 
Login Page
 opens, with a message indicating the logged-out 
state. After you log in, the application returns to the initial page. 
The initial page displayed depends on the “Do not show this page on startup” 
option in the Getting Started Page. If you did not select this option, the initial page 
is the Getting Started Page. If you did select this option, the initial page is the 
System Summary Page.