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This chapter describes how to prepare the switch for routing.
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Pre-Routing Configuration Tasks
Enabling Router Configuration Modes
Pre-Routing Configuration Tasks
Startup and general configuration of the SecureStack B3 switch must occur from the switch CLI.
For details on how to start the switch and configure general platform settings, refer to Chapter
Introduction, Chapter 2, Configuring Switches in a Stack, and Chapter
Once startup and general switch settings are complete, IP configuration and other router‐specific
commands can be executed when the switch is in router mode. For details on how to enable router
mode from the switch CLI, refer to Table
The following pre‐routing tasks must be performed from the switch CLI:
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Starting up the CLI. ("Using the Command Line Interface" on page 1‐5)
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Setting the system password. ("set password" on page 3‐4)
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Configuring basic platform settings, such as host name, system clock, and terminal display
settings. ("Setting Basic Switch Properties" on page 3‐8)
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Setting the system IP address. ("set ip address" on page 3‐9)
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Creating and enabling VLANs. (Chapter
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File management tasks, including uploading or downloading flash or text configuration files,
and displaying directory and file contents. ("Managing Switch Configuration and Files" on
page 3‐40)
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Configuring the switch to run in router mode. ("Enabling Router Configuration Modes" on
page 16‐2)
Note: The command prompts used as examples in
switch operation for a user in admin (su) access mode, and a system where the VLAN 1 interface
has been configured for routing. The prompt changes depending on your current configuration
mode, your specific switch, and the interface types and numbers configured for routing on your
system.
Preparing for Router Mode
16‐2 in Enabling Router Configuration Modes.
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