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Extreme Certified Professional - Extreme Switching study materials
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Extreme Certified Professional - Extreme Switching: Initial Configuration, Management Access, and Software Updates

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Initial Configuration, Management Access, and Software Updates

Domain 2 - Initial Configuration, Management Access, and Software Updates. The exam checks that you can bring a factory-default switch into service safely: console access, accounts, in-band and out-of-band addressing, and the two-image/two-config model used for upgrades and rollback.

First boot and accounts

  • Factory default: log in as admin with no password (newer releases force a password at first login). Immediately run configure account admin to set a strong password, and create per-person accounts with create account user <name>; show accounts lists them.
  • Console defaults: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit, no flow control. Keep console access as the recovery path when IP access breaks.

Management addressing

  • Out-of-band: the dedicated management port is an untagged member of VLAN mgmt. Address it with configure vlan mgmt ipaddress 10.0.0.10/24 and add a default route with configure iproute add default 0.0.0.0/0 10.0.0.1.
  • In-band: create a management VLAN, add an untagged port, assign an IP, and enable forwarding with enable ipforwarding vlan <vlan>.
  • Enable only the protocols you intend to allow: enable ssh2 and disable telnet, enable snmp with communities, enable web/enable https. Restrict who can reach them.

Image and configuration management

  • download image <tftp-ip> <file>.xos primary|secondary transfers a new image into the chosen bank; it does not change what boots.
  • use image secondary marks the bank to boot; reboot applies it.
  • save configuration writes the running config to NVRAM (primary by default); use configuration secondary selects a config bank at next boot; show configuration prints the active running config.

Worked example

You must upgrade a switch reachable only by console. Step 1: save configuration so the current state survives. Step 2: download image 10.0.0.5 summitX-32.6.1.10.xos secondary, leaving the old image in primary. Step 3: use image secondary, then reboot. Step 4: after boot, show version should show secondary selected and booted; verify with show vlan, show iproute and show sharing. If anything fails, use image primary and reboot to roll back.

Traps that cost marks

  • Rebooting or losing power before save configuration - every CLI change is lost.
  • Downloading the new image over the bank that is currently booted, leaving no rollback path.
  • Forgetting that SSH or HTTPS is disabled in some builds, or leaving Telnet enabled and failing a security question.
  • Using the wrong file suffix or an image built for a different platform family.