Chapter 4 System Startup and Basic System Configuration

Cisco IOS User Interface

To use the setup command to change a configuration:

1.You must toggle through each system configuration dialog prompt until you come to the item that you intend to change.

To accept default settings for items that you do not want to change, press the Return key.

To return to the privileged EXEC prompt without making changes and toggling through each system configuration dialog prompt, press Ctrl-C.

The setup command facility also provides help text for any prompt. To access help text, press the question mark (?) at a prompt.

2.When you complete your changes, the setup command facility displays the configuration command script that was created as a result of the changes you entered during the setup session. It also prompts you to use this configuration. There is no default for this prompt; you must answer either Yes or No.

If you answer Yes, the configuration is saved to NVRAM.

If you answer No, the configuration is not saved and the process begins again.

The following example shows typical output of a setup session automatically invoked during the initial startup of the router. The system banner appears, and then the system configuration dialog begins.

Note The output shown in this section are examples.Your configuration dialog might be different depending on which image of the Cisco IOS software you are using and how your router is equipped.

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--- System Configuration Dialog ---

Continue with configuration dialog? [yes/no]: Yes

 

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 '[]'.

 

Basic setup only

configures enough connectivity

 

for management of the system, extended setup will ask you

 

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