Performing The Initial Configuration On The Controller; Using The Cisco Setup Command Facility - Cisco Catalyst 9800-80 Installation Manual

Power Up and Initial Configuration

Performing the Initial Configuration on the Controller

Using the Cisco Setup Command Facility

The setup command facility prompts you to enter the information that is needed to configure a controller
quickly. The facility takes you through an initial configuration, including LAN and WAN interfaces.
Note The setup command facility is entered automatically if there is no configuration on the controller when it is
booted into Cisco IOS-XE.
For information on modifying the configuration after you create it, see the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless
Controller Software Configuration Guide and the Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Wireless Controller Command
Reference Guide.
This section explains how to configure a host name for the controller, set passwords, and configure an interface
to communicate with the management network.
Note
If you make a mistake while using the setup command facility, you can exit and run the setup command
facility again. Press Ctrl-C, and enter the setup command in privileged EXEC mode (WLC#).
Step 1 From the Cisco IOS-XE CLI, enter the setup command in privileged EXEC mode:
WLC> enable
Password: cisco123
WLC# setup
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
The prompts in the setup command facility vary depending on the controller, installed interface modules, and software
image.
The following steps and the user entries (in bold) are shown as examples only.
Step 2
To proceed using the setup command facility, enter yes
Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: yes
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'
Step 3
Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity
Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]: yes
Step 4 Enter a hostname for the controller (this example uses myWLC):
Configuring global parameters:
Enter host name [WLC]: myWLC
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