Chapter 4: Understanding the User Interface
August 1997 Page 4-5
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Command
Mode Access Method Prompt Exit Method
User EXEC Log in. Router> Use the logout command.
Privileged
EXEC From user EXEC mode,
type enable (requires a
password).
Router# To exit back to user EXEC
mode, type disable. To enter
global configuration mode, use
the configure privilege d
EXEC command.
ROM monitor From privileged EXEC
mode, type reload. Press
<Break> during the first 60
seconds while the syste m is
booting.
>To exit to user EXEC mode,
type continue.
Global configu-
ration From privileged EXEC
mode, type configure.Router(config)# To exit to privileged EXEC
mode, type exit or end or
press <Ctrl-Z>.
To enter interface configuration
mode, enter an interface config-
uration command.
Interface config-
uration From global configuration
mode, type interface

type numbe

.
Router(config-if)# To exit to global con fi guration
mode, type exit. To exit to
privileged EXEC mode, type
exit or press <Ctrl-Z>. To
enter subinterface configuration
mode, specify a subinterface
with the interface com-
mand.
Subinterface
configuration From global configuration
mode, type interface

type number

; encap-
sulation frame-
relay; interface

type number.sub-

interface-numbe

.
Router(config-subif)# To exit to glo b al con fi gu ration
mode, type exit. To enter priv-
ileged EXEC mode, type end or
press <Ctrl-Z>.
Router configu-
ration From global configuration
mode, type router

key-

word

.
Router(config-rou ter)# To exit to global configuration
mode, type exit. To exit to
privileged EXEC mode, type
end or press <Ctrl-Z>.
IPX-router con-
figuration From global configuration
mode, type ipx rout-
ing

keyword

.
Router(config-ipx-
router)# To exit to global configuration
mode, type exit. To exit to
privileged EXEC mode, type
end or press <Ctrl-Z>.
Route-map con-
figuration From global configuration
mode, type route-map

tag

.
Router(config-rou te-
map)# To exit to global configuration
mode, type exit. To exit to
privileged EXEC mode, type
end or press <Ctrl-Z>.
Key chain con-
figuration From global configuration
mode type keychain

name

.
Router(config-keychain)# To exit to global configuration
mode, type exit command. To
exit to privileged EXEC mode,
type end or press <Ctrl-Z>.