A P P E N D I X C

Configuration Register

This appendix describes the factory default settings of the configuration register, and procedures for changing those settings.

This appendix has the following sections:

Configuration Register Settings, page C-1

Changing Configuration Register Settings, page C-2

Configuring the Boot Field, page C-3

Enabling Booting from Flash Memory, page C-5

Configuration Register Settings

The router has a 16-bit configuration register in NVRAM. You can use the configuration register to perform the following tasks:

Set and display the configuration register value

Force the router into the ROM monitor (bootstrap program)

Select a boot source and default boot filename

Enable or disable the Break function

Control broadcast addresses

Load operating software from ROM

Table C-1describes each configuration register bit.

Table C-1 Configuration Bit Meanings

 

 

Bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number

Hexadecimal

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00–03

0x0000-0x000F

Boot field. (See Table C-2.)

 

 

 

 

 

06

0x0040

Causes the system software to ignore the contents of

 

 

 

 

NVRAM.

 

 

 

 

 

07

0x0080

OEM bit enabled.

 

 

 

 

 

08

0x0100

Break disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

09

0x0200

Causes the system to use the secondary bootstrap.

 

 

 

 

This is typically not used (set to 0).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco 2600 Series Routers Hardware Installation Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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C-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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