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Cisco MDS 9020 Fabric Switch Configuration Guide and Command Reference
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Chapter 3 Initial Configuration
Initial Setup Routine
Step 4 Enter yes (no is the default) to create additional accounts.
Note Only the admin user name can create or modify user 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 “Role-Based Authorization” section on page 9-5 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
Confirm the password for user_name:
user-password
c. Enter the user role.
Enter the user role [network-operator]:network_admin
Step 5 Enter yes (no is the default) to configure the read-only or read-write SNMP community string.
Configure read-only SNMP community string (yes/no) [n]: yes
a. Enter the SNMP community string.
SNMP community string:
snmp_community
Step 6 Enter a name for the switch.
Note The switch name is limited to 32 alphanumeric characters.
Enter the switch name:
switch_name
Step 7 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 IP address.
Mgmt0 IP address:
ip_address
b. Enter the mgmt0 subnet mask.
Mgmt0 IP netmask:
subnet_mask
Step 8 Enter yes (yes is the default) to configure the default gateway (recommended).
Configure the default-gateway: (yes/no) [y]: yes
a. Enter the default gateway IP address.
IP address of the default-gateway:
default_gateway
Step 9 Enter yes (yes is the default) to enable Telnet service.
Enable the telnet service? (yes/no) [y]: yes
