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--- System Configuration Dialog ---
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
To learn how to use the CLI to configure the router, see the "Initial Configuration Using Cisco CLI—Manual
Configuration" section on page 12.
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Perform Initial Configuration
You can configure your router by using one of the following tools:
• Security Device Manager—If your router was purchased with a VPN bundle, Security Device Manager is installed on the
router. See "Initial Configuration Using Cisco Router and Security Device Manager" to determine if SDM is installed on
the router. For instructions on configuring your router by using SDM, refer to the Cisco Security Device Manager (SDM)
Quick Start Guide that shipped with your router. Voice over IP configuration must be done using the CLI, but you can use
SDM to configure LAN and WAN connections, firewalls, VPNs, routing and other features.
• Command-line interface (CLI)—If you prefer to use the Cisco IOS CLI, see the "Initial Configuration Using Cisco
CLI—Manual Configuration" section on page 12 for instructions on how to use the CLI.
Initial Configuration Using Cisco Router and Security Device Manager
If the following messages appear at the end of the startup sequence, Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) is
installed on your router:
yourname con0 is now available
Press RETURN to get started.
For instructions on configuring your router by using SDM, refer to the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick
Start Guide that shipped with your router.
If the messages above do not appear, SDM and the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick Start
Tip
Guide were not shipped with your router. If you want to use SDM, you can download the latest version of SDM and
instructions for installing it on your router from the following location:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/sdm
To obtain the SDM quick start guide, SDM release notes, and other SDM documentation, go to www.cisco.com/go/sdm
and click the Technical Documentation link.
Initial Configuration Using Cisco CLI—Manual Configuration
This section shows how to display a command-line interface (CLI) prompt for configuration using the CLI, and it directs you to
documentation for the CLI configuration.
You can use the CLI if the following messages appear at the end of the startup sequence:
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
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