SecureStack B3 Configuration Guide 16-1
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Preparing for Router Mode
Thischapterdescribeshowtopreparetheswitchforrouting.
Pre-Routing Configuration Tasks
StartupandgeneralconfigurationoftheSecureStackB3switchmustoccurfromtheswitchCLI.
Fordetailsonhowtostarttheswitchandconfiguregeneralplatformsettings,refertoChapter 1,
Introduction,Chapter 2,ConfiguringSwitchesinaStack,andChapter 3,BasicConfiguration .
Oncestartupandgeneralswitchsettings
arecomplete,IPconfigurationandotherrouter‐specific
commandscanbeexecutedwhentheswitchisinroutermode.Fordetailsonhowtoenablerouter
modefromtheswitchCLI,refertoTable 16‐2inEnablingRouterConfigurationModes.
Thefollowingpre‐routingtasksmustbeperformedfromtheswitch
CLI:
•StartinguptheCLI.(“UsingtheCommandLineInterface”onpage1‐5)
•Settingthesystempassword.(“setpassword”onpage3‐4)
• Configuringbasicplatformsettings,suchashostname,systemclock,andterminaldisplay
settings.(“Setting BasicSwitchProperties”onpage3‐8)
•Settingthesystem
IPaddress.(“setipaddress”onpage3‐9)
• CreatingandenablingVLANs.(Chapter 8)
•Filemanagementtasks,includinguploadingordownloadingflashortextconfigurationfiles,
anddisplayingdirectoryandfilecontents.(“ManagingSwitchConfiguration andFiles”on
page3‐40)
• Configuringtheswitchtoruninroutermode.
(“EnablingRouterConfigurationModes”on
page16‐2)
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Pre-Routing Configuration Tasks 16-1
Enabling Router Configuration Modes 16-2
Note: The command prompts used as examples in Table 16-1 and throughout this guide show
switch operation for a user in admin (su) access mode, and a system where the VLAN 1 interface
has been configured for routing. The prompt changes depending on your current configuration
mode, your specific switch, and the interface types and numbers configured for routing on your
system.
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