Device Management

Quick Commands

Basic Device Management

SSH

crypto key generate rsa modulus (modulus value)
show ip ssh
show ssh

DHCP

ip address dhcp
show dhcp lease
show interfaces vlan 1
show ip default-gateway

History

show history
terminal history size x
history size x

Logging and Domain Lookup

no logging console
no ip domain-lookup
exec timeout (minutes)

data plane

  • work a switch does to forward frames generated by the devices connected to the switch

control plane

  • configuration and processes that control and change the choices made by the switch’s data plane

management plane

  • deals with managing the device itself, rather than controlling what the device is doing

SSH

crypto key generate rsa modulus modulus-value

  • (Use at least a 768-bit key to support SSH version 2.)

show ip ssh

  • lists status information about the SSH server

 show ssh

  • lists information about each SSH client currently connected into the switch

Switch DHCP

 ip address dhcp

Show dhcp lease

show interfaces vlan 1

show ip default-gateway

show history

  • lists the commands currently held in the history buffer.

terminal history size x

  • allows a single user to set the size of their history buffer
  • just for this one login session

history size x

  • console or vty line configuration mode
  • sets the default number of commands saved in the history buffer for the users of the console or vty lines

Logging and domain lookup

no logging console

logging console

exec-timeout minutes seconds

  • line subcommand
  • enables you to set the length of that inactivity timer.
  • In the lab (but not in production), you might want to use the special value of 0 minutes and 0 seconds meaning “never time out.”