Cisco switch commands
Initial Mode: User EXEC Mode
Privileged EXEC mode
- Switch>
enable
- Switch#
- S1#
wr
- wr is shorthand for
write memory, which saves the running config to NVRAM so it persists after reboot
Global Configuration Mode
- Switch#
configure terminal or conf t
- Switch(config)#
hostname S1
- changes hostname of switch
- S1(config)#
enable password password
- enables password for all lines
- S1(config)#
enable secret class
- creates password for global configuration mode
- S1(config)#
service password-encryption
- encrypts plaintext passwords
- S1(config)#
banner motd "Your mom"
- creates or changes message of the day
Line configuration Mode
- S1(config)#
line console 0
- configures the console line (physical access via cable)
- S1(config-line)#
password cisco
- sets the password for console line 0
- S1(config-line)#
login
- enables password checking at login
- S1(config-line)#
exit
- exits back to Global Config
- S1#
configure terminal or conf t
- Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
- S1(config)#
interface vlan 1
- S1(config-if)#
ip address ###.###.###.### ###.###.###.###
- ip address and subnet mask
- S1(config-if)#
no shutdown
- changes switch state to up
- %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Vlan1, changed state to up
- S1(config-if)#
- S1(config-if)# exit
- S1# wr