Cisco Systems Cisco 12008 manual Performing Other Configuration Tasks

Performing Other Configuration Tasks

Performing Other Configuration Tasks

This section presents procedures for performing the following additional configuration tasks:

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Configuring the Software Configuration Register

Recovering a Lost Password

Using Flash Memory Cards in the RP

Configuring the Software Configuration Register

The software configuration register is a 16-bit register in NVRAM that you use to define specific system parameters.You can set or change the contents of this register to accomplish the following tasks:

•Define boot sources for the default Cisco IOS software, assigning them in the following order of precedence:

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—Flash memory card inserted in PCMCIA slot 0

—TFTP server in the network

—Flash memory SIMM (NVRAM) on the RP

—Boot image stored within the operating environment, which you access by means of an appropriate form of the boot command issued at the ROM monitor prompt

(rommon>)

Define a default boot filename.

Enable or disable the Break function.

Control broadcast addresses.

Set the console terminal baud rate.

Recover a lost password.

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