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Basic Cisco Switch Configuration Commands
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How to Configure a hostname for a Cisco
Switch
To configure a name for router, use "hostname" command
IPv 6
from Global Configuration m ode .
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switch>enable
switch#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)#hostname [Link].sw01
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
End
How to Configure a MOTD Banner for Cisco
Switch
Users will be presented with a MOTD (Message of the DAY)
banner every time they attempt a connection via the console
port, auxiliary port, SSH or a telnet session to Cisco switch.
Use the following commands to configure a MOTD message.
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Here the "#" character is known as a delimiting character. The
banner message should be sorrounded by delimiting
character and the message should not contain the delimiting
character.
[Link].sw01>enable
[Link].sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
[Link].sw01(config)#banner motd #Welcome to
[Link].sw01.#
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
How to enable DNS lookup for a Cisco
Switch
[Link].sw01>enable
[Link].sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
with CNTL/Z.
[Link].sw01(config)#ip name-server
[Link]
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
End
How to turn off the automatic name
resolution for a Cisco Switch
The Cisco switch is set by default to try to resolve any word
that is not a command to a DNS server at address
[Link]. We can turn off this by using the following
command.
[Link].sw01>enable
[Link].sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
[Link].sw01(config)#no ip domain-lookup
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
How to assign a Local Name to an IP
address
Following command assigns a host name to an IP address.
Once this is completed, we can use the configured host name
for telnet or ping.
[Link].sw01>enable
[Link]
[Link].sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
with CNTL/Z.
[Link].sw01(config)#ip host PC001
[Link]
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
End
How to Turn on synchronous logging
If the Cisco Switch IOS sends a message to the console while
you're entering a command, by default the switch will
interrupt your work to show the message.
If you want the information sent to console not interrupt the
command you are typing, turn on synchronous logging.
[Link].sw01>enable
[Link].sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
[Link].sw01(config)#line console 0
[Link].sw01(config-line)#logging synchronous
[Link].sw01(config-line)#exit
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
How to configure an inactivity time-out for
automatic log-off
Sets time limit when console automatically logs off. Set to 0 0
(minutes seconds) means console never logs off.
[Link].sw01>enable
[Link].sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
[Link].sw01(config)#line console 0
[Link].sw01(config-line)#exec-timeout 3 0
[Link].sw01(config-line)#exit
[Link].sw01(config)#exit
[Link].sw01#
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