Chapter 4
Observing System Startup and Performing a Basic Configuration
If the serial (WAN) cable is connected to the CSU/DSU and the router does not have a configuration
stored in NVRAM, the router attempts to run AutoInstall at startup. The router may take several minutes
to determine that AutoInstall is not set up to a remote TCP/IP host. Once the router determines that
AutoInstall is not configured, it defaults to the setup facility.
Configuring Global Parameters
When you first start the setup program, you must configure the global parameters. These parameters are
used for controlling system-wide settings. Complete the following steps to enter the global parameters:
Step 1
Connect a console terminal to the console port on the I/O controller, NPE-G1, or NPE-G2, and then boot
the router.
The system boots from Flash memory. The following information appears after about 30 seconds. When
you see this information, you have successfully booted your router:
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Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 7200 Software (C7200-JS-M), Released Version 12.0(19980705:021501)Copyright(c)
1986-1998 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 15-Oct-98 02:20 by xxxxx
Image text-base: 0x600088C4, data-base: 0x60FA6000
cisco 7206VXR (NPE300) processor with 61440K/20480K bytes of memory.
R7000 CPU at 262Mhz, Implementation 39, Rev 1.0, 256KB L2, 2048KB L3 Cache
Six slot VXR midplane, Version 2.0
Last reset from power-on
Bridging software.
X.25 software, Version 3.0.0.
SuperLAT software (copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
TN3270 Emulation software.
8 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
3 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
125K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
20480K bytes of Flash PCMCIA card at slot 0 (Sector size 128K).
8192K bytes of Flash PCMCIA card at slot 1 (Sector size 128K).
4096K bytes of Flash internal SIMM (Sector size 256K).!!
Press RETURN to get started!
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