CLI Reference Guide-R07

Chapter 1 | Initial Switch Configuration
Configuring the Switch for Remote Management
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Console(config)#username admin password 0 [password]
Console(config)#
* This manual covers the ECS2100-10T/28T Gigabit Ethernet switches, and the
ECS2100-10PE/10P/28P/28PP Gigabit Ethernet PoE switches. Other than the
difference in port types, and support for PoE, there are no significant differences.
Remote Connections Prior to accessing the switch’s onboard agent via a network connection, you must
first configure it with a valid IPv4 or IPv6 address, subnet mask, and default gateway
using a console connection, BOOTP or DHCP protocol. To configure this device as
the default gateway, use the ip default-gateway command.
An IPv4 address for the switch is obtained via DHCP by default. To manually
configure this address or enable dynamic address assignment via DHCP, see
“Setting an IP Address” on page 48.
After configuring the switch’s IP parameters, you can access the onboard
configuration program from anywhere within the attached network. The onboard
configuration program can be accessed using Telnet or SSH from any computer
attached to the network. The switch can also be managed by any computer using a
web browser (Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox 4, or Google Chrome 29, or more
recent versions), or from a network computer using SNMP network management
software.
Note: This switch supports eight Telnet sessions or SSH sessions.
Note: Any VLAN group can be assigned an IP interface address (page 48) for
managing the switch.
The onboard program only provides access to basic configuration functions. To
access the full range of SNMP management functions, you must use SNMP-based
network management software.
Configuring the Switch for Remote Management
Using the Network
Interface
The switch can be managed through the operational network, known as in-band
management. Because in-band management traffic is mixed in with operational
network traffic, it is subject to all of the filtering rules usually applied to a standard
network ports such as ACLs and VLAN tagging. In-band network management can
be accessed via a connection to any network port (1-10/28).
Setting an IP Address You must establish IP address information for a switch to obtain management
access through the network. This can be done in either of the following ways: