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Lab Manual for Computer Communication

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Lab No. 4
Cisco IOS CLI & Basic Switch
Configuration

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BAHRIA UNIVERSITY KARACHI CAMPUS

Department of Software Engineering

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING

LAB EXPERIMENT # 4

Cisco IOS CLI & Basic Switch Configuration

OBJECTIVE:

 To perform basic IOS configuration commands.

PRE REQUSIT

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THEORY:
The IOS software provides access to several different command modes. For security
purposes, the IOS software provides two levels of access to commands.

The Unprivileged user mode is called user EXEC and the privileged mode is called
privileged EXEC mode and requires a password. The commands available in user EXEC
mode are a subset of the commands available in privilege EXEC mode.

Mode of How to Enter the

Usage Mode Prompt
Operation
Change terminal settings on a
temporary basis, perform basic
User EXEC tests and list system information. First level accessed Switch>
From User EXEC
System administration, set
Privileged mode, enter enable
operating Parameters. Switch#
EXEC command
From Privileged EXEC,
Modify the configuration that
enter configure
Global affects the system as a
whole terminal Switch(config)#
Config command.
From global mode,
Modify the operation of an Switch(config-if)#
enter interface type
Interface Config interface
number

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TRAVERSING EXEC MODES

 Enter Privileged EXEC mode

Switch>enable
Switch#

 Enter Global Configuration mode

Switch#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)#

 To change back to Privileged EXEC mode from Global Configuration mode

Switch(config)#exit
Switch#

 To change back to User EXEC mode from Privileged EXEC mode

Switch#disable
Switch>

HOW TO SET PRIVILEGE LEVEL PASSWORD

 Privilege password used for privileged mode access. This Password is

not encrypted by default.

 Unencrypted password (less priority)

Switch(config)#enable password bukc@123

 Encrypted password (more Priority)

The enable secret password stores the password on the Switch in encrypted form,
which is more secure than enable password.

Switch(config)#enable secret ciscolab

 Check Running Configuration

The running configuration is the dynamic Computer that changes while the
device is in normal operation mode. This includes routing tables, VLAN
Computer, routing protocol configuration Computer etc.

Switch# show running-config

 Verify the Password

Switch(config)#exit
Switch#exit

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SET HOSTNAME AND CONSOLE PASSWORD

 You can name your Switch using the hostname IOS command. You name all your
routes using meaningful names to ease identification and management of each
Switch. This is needed, when you are working on large networks.

 To configure the host name of the Switch, run the following

command Switch(config)#hostname Switch1

Switch1(config)#

 You can configure authentication passwords for your Switch using IOS
commands. You can configure several passwords for different types of access.

 Console password is used for console access through the console port or through a
console Terminal Server. The line console 0 command selects the console line.
Cisco devices have only one console line: console 0

Switch(config)#line console 0
Switch(config-line)#password bukc
Switch(config-line)#login

 If the login command is not entered than the password will not be applied.

 From now on, anytime you connect to the console line you will prompt to
provide a password. To disable the authentication prompt, issue line console 0
again and enter the no login command.

HOW TO SET USER AUTHENTICATION

 Creating a user and setting its password

Switch(config)#username Admin password labs
Switch(config)#line console 0
Switch(config-line)#login local

Switch(config-line)#CTRL^Z
Switch#exit
 Displaying all users

Switch# show running-config | include username

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HOW TO ENCRYPT PASSWORDS

 Before Encrypting passwords run show running-config command to display
all working authentications.

 Encrypting passwords

Switch(config)# service password-encryption

 Verify afterwards to ensure encryption of passwords by running-

config command again.

HOW TO SET BANNER

 You can optionally configure a banner for your Switch using banner IOS
command. The purpose of a banner is to display a brief message about the
Switch when you log in.

 Four types of banners are available

i. Message of the day (MOTD) banner

ii. Login banner

iii. Incoming terminal connection banner

iv. EXEC process creation banner

 Example

Switch(config)#banner login ! Muhammad Bilal!

OR

Switch(config)#banner motd #Have a nice day#

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HOW TO SET CLOCK

Switch#clock set 10:21:12 10 MAR 2017

 To verify the set time, run show clock command on the privileged mode.

Lab Assignments:
Task#1

 On Cisco switches, where is the running configuration loaded from?

 What does the flash memory on a switches store?

 When you are logged into a switch, which prompt indicates that you are
in privileged mode?

 On which modes in Cisco's IOS you can issue show commands?

Task#2
Create two users Admin_'yourfirstname' and Admin_'yourlastname' grant all privileges to
them then login by using Admin_'yourfirstname' then remove (Admin_'yourlastname').
Clearly show command for every step.

Task#3
Show the encrypted console password, Privilege mode passwords and all user’s passwords.
Task#4
Set the clock to your date of birth, and show the show clock results

TIME BOXING:

Activity Name Activity Time Total Time

Instruments Allocation + Setting up 10 mints 10 mints
Lab
Walk through Theory & Tasks 60 mints 60 mints
(Lecture)
Implementation & Practice time 90 mints 80 mints
Evaluation Time 20 mints 20 mints
Total Duration 180 mints

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