Preface

Audience

Audience

This guide is designed for the person installing the router, who should be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring practices and should have experience as an electronic or electromechanical technician. It identifies certain procedures that should be performed only by trained and qualified personnel.

Organization

Table 1

Document Organization

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter

 

Title

Description

 

 

 

 

Chapter 1

 

Overview of Cisco 2600 Series

Discusses the features and specifications of Cisco 2600 series routers.

 

 

Routers

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2

 

Preparing to Install the Router

Discusses environmental requirements, safety recommendations, and

 

 

 

describes the various ports and how to prepare for connections between

 

 

 

networks and ports.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 3

 

Installing the Router

Includes basic installation information and discusses making connections

 

 

 

to your LAN, WAN, and console terminal.

 

 

 

Appendix A

Troubleshooting

Discusses how to isolate problems and read the LEDs.

 

 

 

Appendix B

Using the ROM Monitor

Discusses selected maintenance procedures.

 

 

 

Appendix C

Configuration Register

Describes the ROM monitor (also called the bootstrap program). Use the

 

 

 

ROM monitor to help you isolate or rule out hardware problems

 

 

 

encountered during installation.

 

 

 

 

Conventions

This guide uses the following conventions to convey instructions and information.

Table 2

Document Conventions

 

 

 

Convention

 

Description

 

 

boldface font

Commands and keywords.

 

 

 

italic font

 

Variables for which you supply values.

 

 

 

 

[

]

 

Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are optional.

 

 

 

{x y z}

 

A choice of required keywords appears in braces separated by vertical bars. You must select one.

 

 

screen font

Examples of information displayed on the screen.

 

 

boldface screen font

Examples of information you must enter.

 

 

 

 

<

>

 

Nonprinting characters; for example passwords appear in angle brackets in contexts where italic

 

 

 

font is not available.

 

 

 

 

[

]

 

Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.

 

 

 

 

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