Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
OL-16597-01
Chapter 3 Configuring the Switch
Initial Configuration
Enter the password for admin: password
Tip If a password is weak (short, easy-to-decipher), your password configuration is rejected. Be sure
to configure a strong password. Passwords are case-sensitive.
Step 3 Enter yes to enter the setup mode.
This setup utility will guide you through the basic configuration of
the system. Setup configures only enough connectivity for management
of the system.
*Note: setup is mainly used for configuring the system initially,
when no configuration is present. So setup always assumes system
defaults and not the current system configuration values.
Press Enter at anytime to skip a dialog. Use ctrl-c at anytime
to skip the remaining dialogs.
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): yes
The setup utility guides you through the basic configuration process. Press Ctrl-C at any prompt to end
the configuration process.
Step 4 Enter the new password for the administrator (admin is the default).
Enter the password for admin: admin
Step 5 Enter yes (no is the default) to create additional accounts.
Create another login account (yes/no) [n]: yes
While configuring your initial setup, you can create an additional user account (in the network-admin
role) besides the administrator’s account. See the “Configuring RBAC” section on page 22-5 for
information on default roles and permissions.
a. Enter the user login ID.
Enter the user login ID: user_name
b. Enter the user password.
Enter the password for user_name: user-password
Step 6 Enter yes (yes is the default) to create an SNMP read-only community string.
Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: yes
SNMP community string: snmp_community
Step 7 Enter a name for the switch.
Note The switch name is limited to 32 alphanumeric characters. The default is switch.
Enter the switch name: switch_name
Step 8 Enter yes (yes is the default) to configure out-of-band management.
Continue with Out-of-band (mgmt0) management configuration? [yes/no]: yes
a. Enter the mgmt0 IPv4 address.