To create and configure a cisco network, you need to know about routers and switches to develop and manage secure cisco systems. For the nexus switches cisco developed nxos, which is similar to ios, except that it is linuxbased. San zone create for cisco mds serise switch unsing the cli. Commits the changes made to the zones and zoneset in vsan 10. Explain the configurations involved in building a cisco fibre channel san fabric including interfaces, vsans, domains, port channels, device aliases, npv, npiv, and zones. Knowing how switches normally boot and load an operating system is also important. Requirements for configure a cisco device from console port. Configuration and commands explained in this tutorial are essential commands to manage a cisco switch effectively. Make sure logging is turned on for all session output and then save the resulting putty. The commands available to you depend on the mode you are in.
How to monitor cisco switch with nagios tech space kh. I am cofused regarding difference between the cisco cli based switches and cisco ios based swithches. San storage area networking for system administrators. If you have previously configured other complexity settings, then those settings are used. Nxos is a network operating system for the nexusseries ethernet switches and mdsseries. As with the first post, this post probably wont be very helpful to users who are wellversed with the cisco mds family of fibre channel switches.
To display a status of an interface, use the show interfaces status command. The san switch and the storage array together comprises a fabric in the san. However, a best practice for basic switch configuration is to change the management vlan to a vlan other than vlan 1. Recent nxos has both ciscostyle cli and bash shell available. The basic cli commands for all of them are the same, which simplifies cisco device management. To know all show commands in cisco switch and router keep reading this article till the end. Although the main purpose of the switch is to provide interconnectivity in layer 2 for the connected devices of the network, there are myriad features and functionalities that can be. This article describes how to configure switch port security on cisco switches. I have a brocade switch infrastruture with 2 48k and 2 5300s, 2 4900s and 4 4100s.
Giving hostname to router it is used to set a name to a device stating an identity to a device. Above you see a topology with a computer connected to each switch. How to configure cisco switches a step by step guide. For example, if the switch is connected to a router with the ip address 192. Cisco switch commands cheat sheet cli cisco switches can be used as plugandplay devices out of the box but they also offer an enormous amount of features. Save the configuration copy running config startup config. Hi experts, i am trying to connect a linux server with 2x10gbps to a pair nexus switch as shown below.
How to configure switch port security on cisco switches. Switches in the cisco mds 9000 family have two main command modesuser exec mode and configuration mode. By default, the show history command displays the last 10 commands issued you can also recall commands by using the arrow keys. Cisco ios is the internetwork operating system of both the cisco switches. The basic cli commands for all of them are the same, which simplifies cisco device. The default ip address on brocade workgroup switches is 10. Use the following command to backup the configuration.
This section includes the configuration commands and any parameters that you want to include in the template. How to install minicom on ubuntu to configure cisco switches and routers through the console port. To obtain a list of available commands in either mode, type a question mark. Step by step zoning configuration of san switch in command prompt. Cisco ios maintains a record of commands issued by the user. Here, we will talk about cisco router basic commands like assigning ip address to an interface, bringing up an interface, applying enable and secret password. Configuring an alias to create an alias using the fcalias command, follow these steps.
In the previous chapter, we saw how to subnet a network. The following example displays the debug messages in the specified debug log file. Take a look at the man page for this command in short, you can type script output. A devicealias can only be mapped to 1 pwwn and a pwwn can only map to 1 devicealias. The first command is used to enter in to configuration mode. Cisco router configuration commands lists how to enable and disable interfaces, add ip addresses to interfaces, enable rip or igrp and set passwords cisco router show commands handy show commands to check on the status of interfaces cisco router basic operations covers getting into and out of different modes. To practice and learn to configure port security on cisco switch, just download the port security packet tracer lab or create your own lab and follow the switch port security configuration guideline.
San zone create for cisco mds serise switch unsing the cli commands. New users guide to configuring cisco mds zones via cli scotts. If you need to be able to connect to the switch from other networks, you will also need to configure a default gateway address. Both are no good if you want to connect over a serial line which you have to use if you want to do basic configuration on cisco hardware last edited by dukenuke2.
The implications and reasoning behind this action are explained in the next chapter. The topic of this post is how to use the commandline interface cli to configure zones on a cisco mds 9000 series fibre channel switch. Ports in regular networking we do have ports in ethernet adapters to interconnect the networking devices using network cables, in the similar way in storage area networking we do have different types of ports which are used to interconnect servers, switches and storage. In linux, the command script will do what you are asking for. Almost all cisco devices use cisco ios to operate and cisco cli to be managed. Enter the ip or hostname of the cisco or brocade switch. To configure the switch so that you can connect an appropriate device to. Become acquainted with cisco network devices and code listings. The bonding itself is using mode 1 activebackup, between nexus switches there is a vpc peerlink, and these nexus switches are connected to a pair aggregation switch. I can do this easily on a brocade san using nodefind combined with fabricshow does anyone know the cli commands to achieve this. Cisco mds 9000 series command reference show commands. You cannot restore the configuration for san switches and fcoe. Configuring cisco mds 9000 series switches training. All show commands in cisco switch and router snabay.
Configuring trunk ports for a cisco catalyst switch. Cisco mds 9000 family cli quick configuration guide. Here is a cisco commands cheat sheet that describes the basic commands for configuring, securing and troubleshooting cisco network devices. Use the show interface command to view a list of ports.
This tutorial explains basic switch configuration commands in detail with examples. Use command line interface to configure and access router rather than a menu driven mode to make process quick. Cisco router runs on an operating system called the ios internetwork operating system. These commands can include the variables declared in the template variables section. Communicate with cisco switch serial console basically, every time you want to communicate with your cisco switch you will only have to load the configuration file that you have created for minicom with a simple single command from the terminal. Do not attempt to configure the asm at the linux prompt. This means that you can buy a cisco switch, plug in the right cables to connect various devices to the switch, power it on, and the switch will work properly.
Cisco dcnm san management configuration guide, release 11. Nagios performance monitoring application can be used as an network monitoring tools to monitor various network device types such as switches, routers, firewalls as well as application performance monitoring on linux and windows servers for host updown status, cpu usage, memory usage, switch or router interface updown status, and more. In this tutorial, we will explain the cisco commands for configuring and accessing cisco routers through linux command line interface. Dec 11, 2004 sample configuration of layer 3 switch i am learning to config layer switches. Cisco switch commands cheat sheet cli networks training. However, to perform switch management over the network or use protocols such as snmp, the switch. Next, enter global configuration mode and enter the following command. The switch gathers the command string upon detecting an enter cr and accepts commands from the terminal. This article outlines a basic example of how layer 3 routing functionality on ms series switches could be implemented.
However, id like to locate which switch an hbawwpn is plugged in on a cisco san. Show commands cisco mds 9000 nxos and sanos software. Joining the cisco learning network is as simple as registering. The relation of ios and cli is similar to windows and cmd command. Once this is done, those physical machines will then be repatched into the new mds and zoned accordingly. I enable ssh on the switch and then wrote a script and ran it on my linux. Before proceeding, please refer to the layer 3 switch overview for general information and configuration options. Vlan, and might fulfill other operational requirements, such as transporting management traffic or block storage data. The show running config command shows the router, switch, or firewalls current configuration. When you enter the configuration of the cisco ios for a switch, the physical ports are logical interfaces, so you specify an interface by describing the physical location of a port.
Well put the computers in the same vlan and create a trunk between the two switches. Follow these steps to configure the password complexity settings on your switch through the cli. Zoning in cisco mds san switch san switch tutorial part. Do it now and move one step closer to career selfdiscovery and success. Configuring physical switches for openstack networking. It is helpful to make the log something relevant unlike my example for brocade run the command supportshow.
Describe and configure intelligent san fabric services on specific cisco mds 9000 series switches and the software resources that are provided. The cisco fabric commands explained in this article are used to perform administration of fibre channel fabric switches including managing. How to collect switch information for troubleshooting. This command will cause a warmnondisruptive boot on the switch, but will require that. Type the following commands to disable an interface on a cisco switch or router. Difference between cisco cli based switches and cisco ios. There is a requirement for a san copy of block data from the old san to the new san to allow the migration of some machines. For more information, refer to the cisco mds 9000 family cli configuration guide. If you have an iosbased switch, you also have the cli except the catalyst 500 series that, as far as i know, run ios. To configure a name for router, use hostname command from global configuration mode. This is important as these hostname are used in wan for. This command was introduced in cisco mds san os release 1. In this lesson i will demonstrate how to configure a trunk between cisco catalyst switches. Step by step zoning configuration of san switch in command.
Learn how to configure and manage a cisco switch step by step with this basic switch commands and configuration guide. Cisco basic switch configuration commands tutorial linux. We have a new san and mds 9148 installed and just about to start migrating vmsphysical servers to it. To enable the administrator to retrieve information and change the devices settings. Hi, im new to cisco so this may be the wrong forum. It is based on wind river linux and is interoperable with other cisco. Switches in the cisco mds 9000 family have two main command modes. In this chapter, we will see about various command line modes of cisco devices. To configure the default gateway for the switch, use the ip defaultgateway command. How to connect cisco switch with serial console port on linux. Mds switch, refer to the cisco mds 9000 family cli command reference for the release train that. Trunks are required to carry vlan traffic from one switch to another.
New users guide to managing cisco mds zones via cli scotts. It provides guidelines, procedures, and configuration examples. Cisco mds 9000 family cli quick configuration guide before you. The default gateway is the ip address of the router interface to which the switch connects. Cisco mds 9000 family command reference cli overview cisco. Chapter 3 command line modes on cisco routers and switches. You can view the list of commands that you have entered before with the show history command. In order for a port to be a trunk port configure it with the following command. A more complete set of commands for use on mds switches, with a useful set of commands at the top for exporting useful information by logging session output of putty terminal.
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