SysAdmin Lab 1

Using the Console

Version 4.1.0 (12/15/16)
Lab 1 Overview
This lab resets the configuration on an ACOS device to its original factory state, then
configures its management port IP addresses.
All commands in this lab are entered through the command line interface (CLI) accessed
through the console port. Subsequent lab exercises are performed by accessing the device
through HTTP or SSH sessions.
Lab 1 objectives include:
• Learn to determine the image version and boot location
• Learn to reboot, reset, and reload the device
• Learn to configure the management port IP address

Device Reset: A1 Device

This section installs the initial setup on the A1 device, then saves the revised configuration
to a startup config profile. A1 device parameters include:
• boot image: version 4.1.0
• management port IP address: 1.0.0.1/24
Initial ACOS device setup, performed through the console port, includes restoring factory
state defaults, verifying default reboot image, rebooting the device, configuring the
management port IP address, and saving the configuration to a startup config profile.
This process can be used to install the initial setup on the other devices. In typical classes,
the other devices are pre-configured to be ready for starting Lab 2.
1. Connect to the A1 device through the console port. At the console prompt, log in with
username/password of admin/a10.
2. Display the device’s image file list, identify the image the device will use on the next
reboot, and verify that it is the version used by lab exercises.
show bootimage
The output indicates the Primary image is version 4.1.0 and, as the default (denoted by
the asterisk), it will be used for the reboot.
IMPORTANT: Inform your instructor if your settings differ from the expected settings.
System-reset (config mode) resets the configuration and reboots the device. To reboot the
device without resetting the configuration, use reboot (enable mode).
3. Enter Enable mode.
enable ([Enter] for password)

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 If the prompt includes the text vMaster or vBlade, the device is a component of an
aVCS chassis. On vBlade devices, aVCS must be disabled before resetting the system. On
vMaster devices, disabling aVCS before a system reset is optional.
If the prompt does not include either of these texts, aVCS is not enabled on the device.
4. If the device is a component of an aVCS chassis, disable aVCS on the device.
vcs disable
5. Reset the device to the factory state and reboot the device.
config
system-reset (answer yes to confirm reboot and confirm reset prompts)
6. Wait a few moments, then log into the device (admin/a10).
7. Identify the image version to confirm the device is running the correct image. Press the
space bar if –MORE– appears the bottom of the screen.
show version
Verify the device is running version 4.1.0 booted from the Primary image.
8. Configure the Management port IP address. Typically, this is the only procedure that
must be performed from the console before remotely accessing the device.
enable ([Enter] for password)
config
interface management
ip address 1.0.0.1 /24
9. Save the configuration to the default profile.
write memory (Saves the configuration to the default profile)
10. Exit the console port, and close the browser tab.
end (exits configuration mode)
exit (exits enable mode)
exit (exits console port CLI)
y (confirms exit command)

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