Initial Configuration Procedure; Example Session - Dell PowerConnect M6348 Guide De Mise En Route

Before setting up the initial configuration of the switch, obtain the following information from
your network administrator:
• The IP address to be assigned to the management VLAN.
• The IP subnet mask for the network.
• The IP address of the management VLAN default gateway.

Initial Configuration Procedure

You can perform the initial configuration using the Dell Easy Setup Wizard, or by using the
Command Line Interface (CLI). The Setup Wizard automatically starts when the switch
configuration file is empty. You can exit the wizard at any point by entering [ctrl+z], but all
configuration settings specified will be discarded (the switch will use the default values).
For more information on CLI initial configuration see the User Guide. This Getting Started Guide
shows how to use the Setup Wizard for initial switch configuration. The wizard sets up the following
configuration on the switch:
• Establishes the initial privileged user account with a valid password. The wizard configures
one privileged user account during the setup.
• Enables CLI login and HTTP access to use the local authentication setting only.
• Sets up the IP address for the management VLAN.
• Sets up the SNMP community string to be used by the SNMP manager at a given IP address.
You may choose to skip this step if SNMP management is not used for this switch.
• Allows you to specify the management server IP or permit management access from all IP
addresses.
• Configures the default gateway IP address.

Example Session

This section describes an Easy Setup Wizard session. The following values are used by the example
session:
• The SNMP community string to be used is DellNetworkManager.
• The network management system IP address is 192.168.2.1.
• The user name is admin, and password is admin123.
• The IP address for the management VLAN is 192.168.2.1:255.255.255.0.
• The default gateway is 0.0.0.0.
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