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IOS OBJECTIVES

16. Log into a router in both user and privileged modes.

17. Use the context-sensitive help facility.

18. Use the command history and editing feature.

19. Examine router elements (RAM, ROM, CDP, show).

20. Manage configuration files from the privileged exec mode.

21. Control router passwords, identification, and banner.

22. Identify the main Cisco IOS commands for router startup.

23. Enter an initial configuration using the setup command.

24. Copy and manipulate configuration files.

25. List the commands to load Cisco IOS software from: flash memory, a TFTP server, or ROM.

26. Prepare to backup, upgrade, and load a backup Cisco IOS software image.

27. Prepare the initial configuration of your router and enable IP.

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16. Log into a router in both user and privileged modes.

• Log in to user mode using console cable

  • Press return, type password if prompted.
• IOS mode
  • Exec
    • User
    • Privilege
      • Display router's running configuration.
  • Config
    • Edit router's configuration.
  • Router
    • Configure routing procedure.
• To exit privileged mode, type
  • disable
  • exit

17. Use the context-sensitive help facility.

To find out a command from a command by typing ? or help after the command with space.

18. Use the command history and editing feature.

19. Examine router elements (RAM, ROM, CDP, show).

• CDP broadcast
  • cdp timer
• CDP discovery process
  • sh cdp nei
• NVRAM to RAM
  • copy star run
• sh cdp nei shows: Device ID, local interface, holdtime, capability, platform, port ID.

20. Manage configuration files from the privileged exec mode.

IOS Command to display the configuration that will be loaded as a router reboots: sh star.

21. Control router passwords, identification, and banner.

Routing passwords: Enable secret, Enable, Virtual terminal, Auxiliary, and Console.

• Change enable password
  • conf t, enable password <password>
• Change enable secret password
  • enable secret <password>
• Change telnet password
  • line vty 0 4
• Add banner to Cisco router configuration
  • banner motd #

22. Identify the main Cisco IOS commands for router startup.

Change router name (Configuration mode)

• hostname hostname.

Show hardware address E0

• sh int.

Show routing protocol

• sh ip prot.

23. Enter an initial configuration using the setup command.

Enter setup command

• setup
• erase star [reboot] (Erase the startup-config)

24. Copy and manipulate configuration files.

Backup nvram (Configuration mode)

• copy star run
• copy star tftp

Setup clock rate on serial DCE interface

• clock rate 56000

Copy configuration file to nvram

• copy run star
• copy tftp star

25. List the commands to load Cisco IOS software from: flash memory, a TFTP server, or ROM.

Entering multiple boot commands for fallback

• boot system flash ios_filename.
• boot system tftp ios_filename tftp_address.
• boot system rom

26. Prepare to backup, upgrade, and load a backup Cisco IOS software image.

Backup IOS

• copy flash tftp

Backup running configuration

• copy run star
• copy run tftp

Enter Setup mode after restarting

• erase star
• wr erase

Copy IOS to router

• copy tftp flash

27. Prepare the initial configuration of your router and enable IP.

IOS to tftp

• copy flash tftp

TFTP to NVRAM

• copy tftp star

Note:
AUX port used for modem.
Syntax to configure a port on a 7000 series router with a VIP card: type slot / port adapter / port.
Syntax to configure a port on a 5000 switch: type slot / port.