Cisco Nexus 9000 – NX OS 7 basic setup for out of band network, ssh and snmp
conf t | |
enter into configuration mode | |
interface mgmt0 | |
configure management interface | |
ip address 192.168.7.223 255.255.255.0 | |
setup ip address | |
exit | |
vrf context management | |
ip route 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.7.100 | |
setup default route for oob / management interface | |
no password strength-check | |
this is an optional step for a lab setup, depends on your security policy | |
no feature telnet | |
this is an optional step for a lab setup, depends on your security policy, better to turn off telnet | |
switchname n9k | |
setup switch hostname | |
ssh key rsa 2048 force | |
setup RSA key complexity to 2048 bit | |
feature ssh | |
turn on ssh service | |
ntp server 192.168.7.1 | |
setup an ntp time server | |
snmp-server community snmpitminutes ro | |
setup snmp v2 community string | |
system default switchport | |
this is an optional step if you want to use interfaces as L2 switch ports | |
no system default switchport shutdown | |
setup default switchport mode | |
boot nxos nxos.7.0.3.I2.2b.bin | |
setup boot image parameter, you can check the exact image file name before with dir command | |
copy running startup | |
save configuration |