Configuring Your Switch Using The Console Port - Cisco SF220-24 Quick Start Manual

Configuring Your Switch Using the Console Port

To configure the switch using the console port:
Connect a computer to the switch console port using the supplied
S 1
TEP
console cable.
Start a console port utility such as HyperTerminal on the computer.
S 2
TEP
Configure the utility with the following parameters:
S 3
TEP
• 9,600 bits per second
• 8 data bits
• no parity
• 1 stop bit
• no flow control
Enter a username and password. The default username is cisco,
S 4
TEP
and the default password is cisco. Usernames and passwords are
both case sensitive.
If this is the first time that you have logged on with the default
username and password, the following message appears:
Please change your password from the default
settings. Please change the password for better
protection of your network. Do you want to change
the password (Y/N) [Y]?
Enter Y, and set a new administrator password.
S 5
TEP
Password complexity is enabled by default. The password
N
OTE
must comply with the default complexity rules.
Make sure that any configuration changes made are saved
C
AUTION
before exiting.
You are now ready to configure the switch. Refer to the Cisco 220
Series Smart Plus Switches Command Line Interface Reference
Guide for further information.
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