fs.com Switches purchased in 2021
Initial Setup Notes
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
Interface
The // at the end of the line indicates the start of a comment:
Switch# show interface status //show status of all the ports Switch# show interface eth-0-49 //shows the status of eth-0-49
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
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