Initial Setup and Verification

• 1 Initial Setup and Verification
  • 1.1 Items required
  • 1.2 Powering up the device
  • 1.3 Establishing a First-Time Connection to the Console Port
    • 1.3.1 Performing the Factory Reset
    • 1.3.2 Recovering From a Lost Password
  • 1.4 Configuring an IP Address for the Device
  • 1.5 Customizing the Host Name and Chassis Name
  • 1.6 Setting the Date and Time
  • 1.7 Establishing a connection to the out-of-band management port
  • 1.8 Getting in-band access
  • 1.9 Verifying the correct operation
  • 1.10 Backing up the running configuration