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Basic Cisco Switch Configuration Commands

Basic Networking
TCP/IP

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 omnisecu.com.sw01
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.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.
omnisecu.com.sw01>enable
omnisecu.com.sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#banner motd #Welcome to
omnisecu.com.sw01.#
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.sw01#

How to enable DNS lookup for a Cisco

Switch
omnisecu.com.sw01>enable
omnisecu.com.sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
with CNTL/Z.
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#ip name-server
192.168.100.10
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.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
255.255.255.255. We can turn off this by using the following
command.
omnisecu.com.sw01>enable
omnisecu.com.sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#no ip domain-lookup
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.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.
omnisecu.com.sw01>enable

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omnisecu.com.sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.
with CNTL/Z.
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#ip host PC001
192.168.100.122
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.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.
omnisecu.com.sw01>enable
omnisecu.com.sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#line console 0
omnisecu.com.sw01(config-line)#logging synchronous
omnisecu.com.sw01(config-line)#exit
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.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.
omnisecu.com.sw01>enable
omnisecu.com.sw01#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End
with CNTL/Z.
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#line console 0
omnisecu.com.sw01(config-line)#exec-timeout 3 0
omnisecu.com.sw01(config-line)#exit
omnisecu.com.sw01(config)#exit
omnisecu.com.sw01#

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