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Chapter 2 Switch Installation
Using the Onboard Administrator to Assign an IP Address to the Switch Module and Running Express Setup
Using Express Setup
Before you complete the setup program, obtain the default gateway IP address and the switch password
from your system administrator. You can use Express Setup to configure these optional parameters
through the Express Setup program:
•
Telnet access password
•
Names of the SNMP read and write community strings if you are going to use a
network-management program like CiscoWorks.
•
Host name, system contact, and system location
•
System time, time zone, Daylight Savings Time enable
Follow these steps to finish setting up the switch module. The Onboard Administrator assigns an
IP address and a subnet mask to the management interface (VLAN ID) and to the Ethernet
management port.
Step 1
Enter this information in the
Network Settings
fields.
•
In the
Default Gateway
field, enter the IP address for the default gateway (router).
•
In the
Switch Password
field, enter your password. The password can be from 1 to 25 alphanumeric
characters, can start with a number, is case sensitive, allows embedded spaces, but does not allow
spaces at the beginning or end.
In the
Confirm Switch Password
field, enter your password again.
You can enter the
Optional Settings
information now or enter it later by using the device manager
interface. Some of these settings are on the Advanced Settings tab (see
Figure 2-7
).
Figure 2-7
Express Setup Advanced Settings Table
Step 2
In the
Host Name
field, enter a name for the switch module. The host name is limited to 31 characters;
embedded spaces are not allowed.
Step 3
In the
System Date
and
System Time
fields, enter the current date and time, or use the down arrows to
select them.
Step 4
In the
Time Zone
field, use the down arrow to choose your time zone.
