Cisco Systems ASR 9000, A9KMOD80TR Bringing Up and Configuring the Router, Software Requirements

Models: A9KMOD80TR A9K24X10GETR ASR 9000

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Software Requirements

Chapter 2 Bringing Up Cisco IOS XR Software on the Router

Bringing Up and Configuring the Router

F I N A L D R A F T — C i s c o C o n f i d e n t i a l

Software Requirements

The system requires compatible ROM Monitor firmware on all RPs.

Caution The ROM Monitor firmware on all RPs must be compatible with the Cisco IOS XR Software release installed on the router. If the router is brought up with an incompatible version of the ROM Monitor software, the standby RP may fail to boot. For instructions to overcome a boot block in the standby RSP, see the Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Series Router ROM Monitor Guide.

Hardware Prerequisites and Documentation

The Cisco IOS XR Software runs on the configuration listed in the “System Configurations” section on page 1-6. Before a router can be started, the following hardware management procedures must be completed:

Site preparation

Equipment unpacking

Router installation

For information on how to complete these procedures for your router equipment, see the hardware documents listed in the “Related Documents” section on page viii.

Bringing Up and Configuring the Router

To bring up a standalone router, you need to connect to the router and configure the root-system username and password as described in the following procedure:

SUMMARY STEPS

1.Establish a connection to the Console port.

2.Type the username for the root-system login and press Enter.

3.Type the password for the root-system login and press Enter.

4.Log in to the router.

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