Setting ICX switch to DHCP

Ruckus ICX switches out of the box from Ruckus have zero configuration on the switches however they will be DHCP without any setup required.

As Habitech use the switches for AV Over IP products and we believe that all switches should be statically assigned any switch purchased through Habitech will have some basic config to allow AV Over IP products to work and also have a static IP of 192.168.1.224.

If you are requiring your switch to be on DHCP instead this can be done however will require some setup to be allowed. The configuration as with everything will be done via CLI.

Connect to the switch via USB C or via the Console cable provided with the switch and connect to the switch via Putty. Once connected it will ask you to login, Habitech default credentials for both the username and the password is "ruckus". Once logged in send the "show ip" command to confirm that this is set to a static address

 

From here we need to remove the static IP address to re-enable the DHCP client. You can copy and paste the commands below or type them manually within CLI.

ena
conf t
no ip address 192.168.1.224/24

We can again "show ip" to confirm the IP address has been completely removed leaving just the gateway showing. 

If you leave the switch for a minute or two you may start seeing some TFTP session timed out messages, this means the switch has picked up an IP address.

Send the "show ip" command to confirm it has indeed populated on the correct range.

 

The last thing to then do is to "write memory" or "wr mem" so if the switch is rebooted it will keep our new configuration.