The objective of this article is to go through the day zero setup of a Catalyst 1200 or 1300 switch using the command line interface (CLI).
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You can also refer to the following hardware installation guides to get started.
Let’s begin with the day zero setup of a Catalyst 1200 or 1300 switch using the CLI.
In this example, a Catalyst 1300 switch is used. Connect to the switch via a console cable.
Press Enter twice on the keyboard to complete the console baud-rate auto detection process. This is necessary to identify the speed of console connection and to send data at the proper rate.
Enter the default username. As this is a day zero setup, it is cisco.
User Name : cisco
cisco is all lowercase letters.
Enter the default password which is also cisco.
Password: cisco
You will be prompted to enter a new username. In this example, it is admin.
Enter new username: admin
Enter a new password. The password must meet the standard requirements.
If you enter a password that doesn’t comply with the rules like Cisco123, it’ll be rejected along with an explanation of why the password was rejected.
To set an IP address, enter config terminal and in this example, interface VLAN1 will be configured.
switch# config terminal
switch(config) # interface Vlan1
Enter the command ip address followed by the IP and the subnet mask. In this example, it’s 172.16.1.11 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
switch (config-if) # ip address 172.16.1.111 255.255.255.0
Specify the ip route. In this example, it’s going to be the default gateway of 0.0.0.0 as the destination prefix, with 0.0.0.0 as the network mask followed by the IP address of the network.
switch (config) # ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.1.60
To enable SSH clients, type ip ssh-client authentication password that allows the use of usernames and password to authenticate via SSH.
switch(config) # ip ssh-client authentication password
Exit the configuration mode to get back to the privileged execution mode.
switch (config) # exit
Enter write memory to save the configuration.
switch# write memory
Enter Y to confirm.
Overwrite file [startup-config].... (Y/N) [N] ? Y
There you go! You have completed the basic initial configuration of your Catalyst 1200/1300 switch using the CLI.
For other configurations and features, refer to the Catalyst series Administration Guide.
Revision | Publish Date | Comments |
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1.0 |
07-Aug-2023 |
Initial Release |