fs.com Switches purchased in 2021

Below is the commands used to configure the switches we purchased in 2021. The switches are installed as follows:

Initial Setup Notes for 5800 Series Switches

SSH into the switch with the default user:pass = "admin:admin"

First Change the password, note that we are using local authentication mode, not "aaa" mode. What is aaa mode? That's for authenticating against a radius/TACACS+ server.

Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# line vty 0 7
Switch(config-line)# login
Switch(config-line)# line-password abc
Switch(config)# exit

Set the time

Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# clock set datetime 11:30:00 10 26 2013
Switch(config)# clock set summer-time dst date 3 13 2022 02:00:00 11 6 2022 02:00:00 120
Switch(config)# exit

Set the banner to show the name of the switch

Switch# configure terminalThe // at the end of the line indicates the start of a comment:
Switch# banner login # You are logged into RXSY #
Switch# exit
Switch# show running //validates that it worked

Switch# show interface status //show status of all the ports
Switch# show interface eth-0-49 //shows the status of eth-0-49

Create VLANs

Switch# configure terminal
Switch# 

Setup Management Interface

Setup management on a vlan interface

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface vlan 10
switch(config)# ip address 10.10.129.X/24
switch(config)# Ctrl+z
Switch# show management ip address

Common Commands

The // at the end of the line indicates the start of a comment:

Show Port Status

Switch# show interface status //show status of all the ports
Switch# show interface eth-0-49 //shows the status of eth-0-49

Show VLAN information for port

switch# show interface switchport interface eth-0-1

Backup and Restore the switch Configuration

To backup the configuration, ssh into the switch and perform the following:

Switch# copy flash:/startup-config.conf mgmt-if scp://10.10.129.X/startup-config.conf

To download a configuration file:

Switch# copy mgmt-if scp://10.10.10.163/startup-config.conf flash:/startup-config.conf