Dell EMC Networking S-Series: Basic Switch Management Configuration - SONIC 4.0

Summary: How to configure SONIC 4.0 basic switch management.

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Instructions

Instructions
NOTE: These steps assume that your switch is being configured starting with factory-default settings.

Instructions for setting up the management interface network connection:  
  1. Open the console or management IP for your S-series switch. 
  2. Log in to the privileged exec mode with default credentials: admin\YourPaSsWoRd
Debian GNU/Linux 9 sonic ttyS0

sonic login: admin
Password:
Last login: Mon Jul 18 22:08:17 UTC 2022 on ttyS0
Linux sonic 4.9.0-11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64
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-- Software for Open Networking in the Cloud --
  1. Start the SONIC CLI with: sonic-cli
admin@sonic:~$ sonic-cli
sonic#
  1. To modify the switch configuration, run the configure terminal command to edit the switch configuration then press enter.
sonic# configure terminal
sonic(config)#
  1. Show the running configuration of the management interface:  show running-configuration interface management 0
sonic# show running-configuration interface Management 0
!
interface Management 0
 description Management0
 mtu 1500
 autoneg on
 speed 1000
sonic#
  1. To modify the switch configuration, run the configure terminal command to edit the switch configuration then press enter.
sonic# configure terminal
sonic(config)#
  1. To configure the management interface: Interface Management 0 command
sonic(config)# interface Management 0
sonic(conf-if-eth0)#
  1. Configure a static IP address and default gateway on the management interface with: IP address 1.1.1.2/24 gwaddr 1.1.1.1
sonic(conf-if-eth0)# ip address 1.1.1.2/24 gwaddr 1.1.1.1
sonic(conf-if-eth0)#
  1. Exit config mode to exec mode with: end
sonic(conf-if-eth0)# end
sonic#
  1. In exec mode, verify the management interface configuration is correct: show running-configuration interface Management 0
sonic# show running-configuration interface Management 0
!
interface Management 0
 description Management0
 mtu 1500
 autoneg on
 speed 1000
 ip address 1.1.1.2/24 gwaddr 1.1.1.1
sonic#
  1. Save the running configuration to startup configuration with: write memory
sonic# write memory
sonic#
NOTE: Once a static IP address is added to the Management 0 interface, DHCP will automatically be disabled. If the static IP address is removed, DHCP will automatically be re-enabled.

Instructions for setting up an admin level user:  
  1. Open the console or management IP for your S-series switch. 
  2. Log in to the privileged exec mode with default credentials: admin\YourPaSsWoRd
Debian GNU/Linux 9 sonic ttyS0

sonic login: admin
Password:
Last login: Mon Jul 18 22:08:17 UTC 2022 on ttyS0
Linux sonic 4.9.0-11-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.189-3+deb9u2 (2019-11-11) x86_64
You are on
  ____   ___  _   _ _  ____
 / ___| / _ \| \ | (_)/ ___|
 \___ \| | | |  \| | | |
  ___) | |_| | |\  | | |___
 |____/ \___/|_| \_|_|\____|

-- Software for Open Networking in the Cloud --
  1. Start the SONIC CLI with: sonic-cli
admin@sonic:~$ sonic-cli
sonic#
  1. To modify the switch configuration, run the configure terminal command to edit the switch configuration then press enter.
sonic# configure terminal
sonic(config)#
  1. Configure a username 'test' and password with sysadmin privileges: username test password P@ssw0rd!123 role admin
sonic(config)# username test password P@ssw0rd!123 role admin
sonic(config)#
  1. Exit config mode to exec mode with: end
sonic(config)# end
sonic#
  1. Verify the user configuration using: show running-configuration | grep test
sonic# show running-configuration | grep user
username test role admin
  1. Save the running configuration to startup configuration with: write memory
sonic# write memory
sonic#

For further assistance, see the Dell Technologies Enterprise SONiC User Guide Release Documentation or reach out to Dell Technologies Technical Support.

Affected Products

Enterprise SONiC Distribution
Article Properties
Article Number: 000201926
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 24 May 2023
Version:  4
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