C4006 config questions

[jstotz]

I have a catalyst 4006 switch running IOS 12.2(20)EW1. It came from another office and I want to wipe it and reconfigure it.

I think I managed to wipe the setup info, but when I reboot it, it doesn't run the setup program. I tried to run setup manually by typing "setup" in exec mode but it doesn't recognize the command and tries to resolve it as an address.

So I tried to configure it manually, but I'm confused about setting the IP address of the switch. On the Extreme switch i have, you assign an IP address to the whole switch. I can't figure out how to do that to the Cisco. I can only find info about assigning IP addresses to individual ports.

Thanks

 

[vipergg]

To make sure it is wiped out do a "write erase" then reload the box , if you want to get rid of the vlan and vtp info also delete the vlan.dat file in bootflash also. It depends on what vlan you want your management address on . Not reccomended to keep it in vlan 1 . Use say vlan 2 .
Create the layer 2 vlan
conf t
vlan 2
end
conf t
int vlan 2
ip address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <mask>
exit
if not running routing configure default gateway
ip default-gateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx , this will be the address of the device doing the routing .
If you have ip routing running on the box you have to use a default static route
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <gateway ip address> of next hop.

 

[baddos]

I'm not sure the 4000 series has a setup mode. Never used it anyways so I don't know.

I would follow vipergg's advice and just configure it manually.

If you want just 1 IP address for the entire switch, just assign one to the management vlan's interface, not a physical ethernet interface. However, if you plan to use this as a layer3 switch, you'll need an address on each vlan interface you want to route.