A P P E N D I X A

Configuration Register Information

The following information is found in this appendix:

Configuration Bit Meanings, page A-1

Displaying the Configuration Register While Running Cisco IOS, page A-5

Displaying the Configuration Register While Running ROM Monitor, page A-5

Setting the Configuration Register While Running Cisco IOS, page A-6

Setting the Configuration Register While Running ROM Monitor, page A-6

Configuration Bit Meanings

Use the processor configuration register information contained in this appendix to do the following:

Set and display the configuration register value

Force the system into the bootstrap program

Select a boot source and default boot filename

Enable or disable the Break function

Control broadcast addresses

Set the console terminal baud rate

Load operating software from ROM

Enable booting from a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server

Table A-1lists the meaning of each of the configuration memory bits. Following the table is a more in-depth description of each setting.

 

 

Table A-1

Configuration Register Bit Settings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bit No.

Hex

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

00–03

0x0000–0x000F

Boot field

 

 

 

 

06

0x0040

Causes the system software to ignore nonvolatile random-access

 

 

 

 

memory (NVRAM) contents

 

 

 

 

07

0x0080

OEM (original equipment manufacturer) bit enabled

 

 

 

 

08

0x0100

Break disabled

 

 

 

 

10

0x0400

IP broadcast with all zeros

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco 7500 Series Installation and Configuration Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OL-5008-03 B0

 

 

 

A-1

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 7500 Series manual Configuration Bit Meanings, Bit No Hex Meaning