Prerequisites For The Setup Utility; Initial Setup Routine; Configuring Out-Of-Band Management; Cisco Mds 9000 Family Nx-Os Fundamentals Configuration Guide - Cisco MDS 9000 Series Configuration Manual

Using the Cisco NX-OS Setup Utility
The setup script only supports IPv4.
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Prerequisites for the Setup Utility

The setup utility has the following prerequisites:
• Have a password strategy for your network environment.
• Connect the console port on the supervisor module to the network. If you have dual supervisor modules,
• Connect the Ethernet management port on the supervisor module to the network. If you have dual
• Enable the licensing grace period, if applicable. For detailed information about licensing, see the .

Initial Setup Routine

The first time that you access a switch in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family, it runs a setup program that prompts
you for the IP address and other configuration information necessary for the switch to communicate over the
supervisor module Ethernet interface. This information is required to configure and manage the switch.
The IP address can only be configured from the CLI. When you power up the switch for the first time assign
the IP address. After you perform this step, the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager can reach the switch
through the console port.

Configuring Out-of-Band Management

You can configure out-of-band management on the mgmt 0 interface.
You can configure both in-band and out-of-band configuration together by entering Yes in both Step 12c
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and Step 12d in the following procedure.
Step 1 Power on the switch. Switches in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family boot automatically.
Step 2 Enter yes (yes is the default) to enable secure password standard.
Do you want to enforce secure password standard (yes/no): yes
You can also enable secure password standard using the password strength-check command. A secure password
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should contain characters from at least three of the classes: lower case letters, upper case letters, digits, and
special characters.
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connect the console ports on both supervisor modules to the network.
supervisor modules, connect the Ethernet management ports on both supervisor modules to the network.

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