Volume 1 - Chapter 6: Configuring Basic Switch Management

Question 1

What are the commands required to configure a console simple password of “faith”?

Answer 1

line console 0
login
password faith

Question 2

What command is used to enable the use of a simple password (with no username) to the VTY or console sessions?

Answer 2

login

Question 3

What command is used to enable the use of authentication with both a username and password for the VTY or console sessions?

Answer 3

login local

Question 4

What is the command to generate a new SSH key with a modulus of 2048?

Answer 4

In Global configuration mode:

crypto key generate rsa modulus 2048

Question 5

What are the 3 commands required to generate private and public keys for SSH?

Answer 5

hostname
ip domain name
crypto key generate rsa

Question 6

What is the command to enable the secure web interface for a Cisco switch?

Answer 6

ip http secure-server

Question 7

What is the command to disable the default non-secure web interface?

Answer 7

no ip http server

Question 8

What is the command to enable local authentication to the web interface?

Answer 8

ip http authentication local

Question 9

What is the command to set a DNS server for the switch to use for lookups?

Answer 9

ip name-server serverip

Question 10

What is the command to enable the IP address to be set dynamically on a VLAN interface?

Answer 10

ip address dhcp

Question 11

Describe the purpose of the command “show history”

Answer 11

To show the most recent commands entered on the switch

Question 12

Describe the difference between the following commands:

“terminal history size x”

“history size x”

Answer 12

The terminal command sets the history size for the current session of the user, whereas the other command sets the history default size for all users