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Chapter 3 Configuring the Switch for the First Time
Configuring the Switch
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: y
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity
for management of the system, extended setup will ask you
to configure each interface on the system
Note The examples in this section are intended as examples only. Your configuration might look
differently depending on your system configuration.
Step 2 Enter yes or press Return when asked if you want to enter the configuration dialog and if you want to
see the current interface summary. Press Return to accept the default (yes):
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes]:
First, would you like to see the current interface summary? [yes]:
This example of a yes response (displayed during the setup facility) shows a switch at first-time startup;
that is, nothing has been configured:
Current interface summary
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Vlan1 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet1/1 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet1/2 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/1 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/2 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/3 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/4 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/5 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/6 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/7 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
GigabitEthernet3/8 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down
(Additional displayed text omitted from this example.)
This example of a yes response (displayed during the setup command facility) shows a switch with some
interfaces already configured:
Current interface summary
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
Vlan1 unassigned YES TFTP administratively down down