Accessing The Switch - HP Cisco MDS 9020 - Fabric Switch Configuration Manual

Accessing the Switch

S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m
Would you like to enter the basic configuration dialog (yes/no): yes
The setup utility guides you through the basic configuration process.
Accessing the Switch
After initial configuration, you can access the switch in one of three ways (see
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Figure 5-2
Console
connection
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Serial console access—You can use a serial port connection to access the CLI.
In-band IP (IPFC) access—You can use Telnet or SSH to access a switch in the Cisco MDS 9000
Family or use SNMP to connect to a Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager application.
Out-of-band (10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet) access—You can use Telnet or SSH to access a switch
in the Cisco MDS 9000 Family or use SNMP to connect to a Cisco MDS 9000 Fabric Manager
application. Supervisor-1 modules support 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet and Supervisor-2 modules
support 10/100/1000 BASE-T Ethernet.
To use the Cisco Fabric Manager, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager
Note
Configuration Guide.
Switch Access Options
Out of band
management
subnetwork
Switch 2
mgmt 0
(IP address:
172.16.1.2)
Management LAN
(Ethernet connection)
Router
IP address
172.16.1.1
Telnet or CLI
SSH
GUI
SNMP
Chapter 5 Initial Configuration
Figure 5-2):
IP
network
DNS server
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