Chapter 7: Manually Loading System Images
August 1997 Page 7-19
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Specify the Startup Configuration File Task List
To specify a startup configuration f ile, perform either the first two
tasks or the third task:
zDownload the Network Configuration File
zDownload the Host Configuration Fil
Download the Network Configuration File
To configure the Cisco IOS software to download a network configu
ration file from a server at startup:
1. Enter configuration mode from the terminal.
configure terminal
2. Enter the network configuration filename to download a file using
TFTP.
boot network tftp
filename
[
ip-address
]}
3. Enable the router to automatically load the network file upon re
start.
service config
4. To exit configuration mode, pres s <Ct r l-Z>.
1. Save the configuration file to your startup configuration. On most
platforms, this step saves the configuration to NVRAM.
copy running-config startup-config
For Step 2, if you do not specify a network configur ation fi lename, th
Cisco IOS software uses the default filename network-confg. If you
omit the tftp keyword, the software assumes that you are using TFTP
to transfer the file and that the server whose IP address yo u specify
supports TFTP.
You can specify more than one netwo rk con figuration file. The soft-
ware tries them in order until it loads one successfully. This procedur
can be useful for keeping files with differen t configurati on information
loaded on a network server.
Download the Host Configuration File
To configure the Cisco IOS software to download a h ost configuration
file from a serv e r at st a rt up , complete the following tasks. Step 2 is op-
tional. If you do not specify a host c onfiguration filename, the router
uses its own name to form a host configuration filename by con verting