Cisco Cisco SG300-52 52-Port Gigabit Managed Switch Maintenance Manual

Starting the Web-based Configuration Utility

Cisco Small Business 200, 300 and 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide (Internal Version) 

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When the login attempt is successful, the Getting Started page appears.

If you entered an incorrect username or password, an error message appears and 
the Login page remains displayed on the window. If you are having problems 
logging in, please see the 

 section in the 

Administration Guide for additional information.

Select Don't show this page on startup to prevent the Getting Started page from 
being displayed each time that you log on to the system. If you select this option, 
the System Summary page is opened instead of the Getting Started page.

You can either open an HTTP session (not secured) by clicking Log In, or you can 
open an HTTPS (secured) session, by clicking Secure Browsing (HTTPS). You are 
asked to approve the logon with a default RSA key, and an HTTPS session is 
opened.

There is no need to input the username/password prior to clicking the Secure 
Browsing (HTTPS) button.

For information on how to configure HTTPS, see 

.

The New Password page appears:

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The first time you access the device with the default username cisco and 
password cisco. This page forces you to replace the factory default 
password.

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When the password expires, this page forces you to select a new 
password.

By default, the application logs out after ten minutes of inactivity. You can change 
this default value as described in the 

 section. 

Unless the Running Configuration is copied to the Startup Configuration, rebooting 
the device will remove all changes made since the last time the file was saved. 
Save the Running Configuration to the Startup Configuration before logging off to 
preserve any changes you made during this session. 

A flashing red X icon to the left of the Save application link indicates that Running