Cisco Systems Cisco 12008 manual Using the Setup Facility or the Setup Command

Configuring the Cisco 12008

Using the Setup Facility or the Setup Command

You must consider the following types of parameters during the initial manual configuration of your router:

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Global (system-wide) parameters

Network interface (line card) parameters

As noted earlier, you can establish the above parameters using the setup facility (as presented to you automatically at initial system startup), or you can issue the setup command at any time at the privileged EXEC prompt (Router#) to activate the setup facility.

The only observable difference between the configuration script displayed when you use the setup facility automatically on startup and that displayed when you issue the setup command is that the latter displays any existing (previously entered) system configuration defaults within square brackets [ ].

For example, during the configuration of a POS interface by means of the setup facility at startup (assuming that the interface has not previously been configured), you will see a display in the following form as you proceed through the script and respond to queries:

Configuring interface POS4/0:

Is this interface in use?: yes

Configure IP on this interface?: yes

No default or current parameters are enclosed within square brackets [ ] in the configuration dialog in this instance.

Conversely, when you issue the setup command at the privileged EXEC mode prompt (assuming that the POS interface has been previously configured and you are being queried by the system for changes), you will see a display in the following form:

Configuring interface POS4/0:

Is this interface in use?[yes]: yes

Configure IP on this interface?[yes]: yes

The default or current parameters applicable to the interface are enclosed within square brackets [ ].

Proceed to the following sections to configure the global and line card interface parameters for your system.

Observing System Startup and Performing a Basic Configuration 4-13