Dell Recommended Switch Configuration; Hardware Configuration; Delete Startup Configuration; Configure Out Of Band (Oob) Management Ports - Dell C9000 series Configuration Manual

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Dell recommended switch configuration

Follow these steps to configure the C9000 Series chassis.
2.1

Hardware configuration

1.
Power on the chassis.
2. Connect a serial cable to the serial port of each RPM.
3. Using PuTTY or another terminal utility, open a serial connection session to RPM 0.
4. Open your terminal emulator and configure it to use the serial port (usually COM1 but this may vary
depending on your system). Configure serial communications for 9600,N,8,1 and no flow control.
2.2

Delete startup configuration

Note: This example assumes a chassis at its default configuration settings. Using the delete startup-
config command will set the startup configuration file to its default settings. You should always backup
your configuration settings prior to performing any configuration changes. The enable mode password is
calvin.
Dell>enable
Dell#delete startup-config
Proceed to delete startup-config [confirm yes/no]yes
Dell#reload
System configuration has been modified. Save? [yes/no]no
Proceed with reload [confirm yes/no]yes
Note: The switch will reboot.
2.3

Configure out of band (OOB) management ports

Dell>enable
Dell>#configure
Set the IP address for RPM 0:
Dell(conf)#interface ManagementEthernet 0/0
Dell(conf-if-ma-0/0)#ip address <ipaddress> <mask>
Dell(conf-if-ma-0/0)#no shutdown
Dell(conf-if-ma-0/0)#exit
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