ARISTA 7050 Series 1RU Configuring the Switch User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- ARISTA
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ARISTA 7050 Series 1RU Configuring the Switch User Guide
Configuring the Switch
Arista switches ship from the factory in Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) mode.
ZTP configures the switch without user intervention by downloading a startup
configuration file or a boot script from a location specified by a DHCP
server. To manually configure a switch, ZTP is bypassed. The initial
configuration provides one username (admin) accessible only through the
console port because it has no password.
When bypassing ZTP, initial switch access requires logging in as admin, with
no password, through the console port. Then you can configure an admin
password and other password protected usernames.
This manual configuration procedure cancels ZTP mode, logs into the switch,
assigns a password to admin, assigns an IP address to the management port, and
defines a default route to a network gateway.
Step 1 Provide power to the switch (Section 4.3).
Step 2 Connect the console port to a PC (Section 4.4).
As the switch boots without a startup-config file, it displays the
following through the console: The device is in Zero Touch Provisioning mode
and is attempting to download the startup-config from a remote system. The
device will not be fully functional until either a valid startup-config is
downloaded from a remote system or Zero Touch Provisioning is cancelled. To
cancel Zero Touch Provisioning, login as admin and type ‘zerotouch cancel’ at
the CLI. localhost login:
Step 3 Log into the switch by typing admin at the login prompt.
localhost login:admin
Step 4 Cancel ZTP mode by typing zerotouch cancel. IMPORTANT: This step
initiates a switch reboot.
localhost>zerotouch cancel
Step 5 After the switch boots, log into the switch again by typing
admin at the login prompt.
Arista EOS
localhost login:admin
Last login: Fri Mar 15 13:17:13 on console
Step 6 Enter global configuration mode.
localhost>enable
localhost#config
Step 7 Assign a password to the admin username with the username secret
command.
localhost(config)#username admin secret pxq123
Step 8 Configure a default route to the network gateway.
localhost(config)#ip route 0.0.0.0/0 192.0.2.1
Step 9 Assign an IP address (192.0.2.8/24 in this example) to an Ethernet
management port.
localhost(config)#interface management 1
localhost(config-if-Ma1/1)#ip address 192.0.2.8/24
Step 10 Save the configuration by typing write memory or copy running-
config startup-config.
localhost#copy running-config startup-config
When the management port IP address is configured, use this command to access
the switch from a host, using the address configured in step 9:
ssh admin@192.0.2.8
Refer to the Arista Networks User Manual for complete switch configuration
information.
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