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Power Up and Initial Configuration Procedures for Cisco 2800 Series Routers
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Configuring the Router
Note If you need help with the interface and port numbering, refer to the “Interface Numbering” section of
the “Overview of Cisco 2800 Series Routers” online document.
Initial Configuration Using Cisco Router and Security Device Manager
The following messages appear at the end of the startup sequence:
yourname con0 is now available
Press RETURN to get started.
For instructions on configuring your router by using SDM, refer to the Cisco Router and Security Device
Manager (SDM) Quick Start Guide that shipped with your router. If the messages above do not appear,
SDM and the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick Start Guide were not shipped
with your router. If you want to use SDM, you can download the latest version of SDM and instructions
for installing it on your router from the following location:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/sdm
To obtain the SDM quick start guide, SDM release notes, and other SDM documentation, go to
www.cisco.com/go/sdm and click the Technical Documentation link.
For help with interface and port numbering, refer to the “Interface Numbering” section of the “Overview
of Cisco 2800 Series Routers” online document.
Initial Configuration Using the Setup Command Facility
This section shows how to use the setup command facility to configure a hostname for the router, set
passwords, and configure an interface for communication with the management network. If you see the
following messages at the end of the startup sequence, the setup command facility has been invoked
automatically:
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
The setup command facility prompts you for basic information about your router and network, and it
creates an initial configuration file. After the configuration file has been created, you can use the CLI or
Cisco Router and Security Device Manager to perform additional configuration.
The prompts in the setup command facility vary, depending on your router model, the installed interface
modules, and the software image. The following example and the user entries (in bold) are shown as
examples only.
For a description of the interface numbering, refer to the “Interface Numbering” section of the
“Overview of Cisco 2800 Series Routers” online document.
Note If you make a mistake while using the setup command facility, you can exit and run the setup facility
again. Press Ctrl-c, and type setup at the privileged EXEC mode prompt (Router#).