Chapter 3
Configuring the Switch
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Power
on
For information about recovery procedures, see
Console Settings
The loader, kickstart, and system images have the following factory default console settings:
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These settings are stored on the switch, and all three images use the stored console settings.
To change a console setting, use the line console command in configuration mode. The following
example configures a line console and sets the options for that terminal line:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# line console
switch(config-console)# databits 7
switch(config-console)# exec-timeout 30
switch(config-console)# parity even
switch(config-console)# stopbits 2
You cannot change the BIOS console settings. These are the same as the default console settings.
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Boot Sequence
Golden BIOS
No
waits for
Ctrl-Shift-6
@9600
baud
Yes
Loader
reads
and enforces
CMOS
setting
Speed—9600 baud
Databits—8 bits per byte
Stopbits—1 bit
Parity—none
Is
Boot
Yes
Upgradeable
Ungradeable
BIOS valid?
BIOS
No
Boot
Golden
BIOS
Loader
Loader waits
No
launches
Cntl-Shift-L
Kickstart
@CMOS
baud
Yes
Go to loader
@
CMOS baud
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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
Image Files on the Switch
BIOS
Loader waits
launches
Cntl-Shift-R
loader
@9600
still @ 9600
baud
baud
Yes
To loader
prompt
@9600 baud
without reading
CMOS
User can return
CMOS settings
to factory
defaults
Kickstart
Kickstart
uncompresses
No
waits for
system image
Cntl-Shift-B
and to normal
@CMOS
switch/prompt
baud
Yes
Switch/boot/
prompt
No
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