Preface

Audience

Audience

This guide is designed for the person installing, configuring, and maintaining the router, who should be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring practices and has experience as an electronic or electromechanical technician. It identifies certain procedures that should be performed only by trained and qualified personnel.

Organization

Table 1 lists the major sections of this hardware installation guide.

:

Table 1 Document Organization

Chapter

Title

Description

 

 

 

Chapter 1

Overview of Cisco 3600 Series

Discusses the features and specifications of the routers.

 

Routers

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2

Preparing to Install the Router

Describes safety recommendations, site requirements, network

 

 

connection considerations, and required tools and equipment; includes

 

 

the installation checklist.

 

 

 

Chapter 3

Installing the Router

Includes router installation information and shows how to connect to the

 

 

router console, auxiliary, and network ports.

 

 

 

Appendix A

Troubleshooting

Describes how to isolate problems, read LEDs, interpret error and status

 

 

messages, recover an enable password, and recover software images.

 

 

 

Appendix B

Using the ROM Monitor

Describes the ROM monitor (bootstrap program).

 

 

 

Appendix C

Configuration Register

Describes the configuration register settings, factory default settings,

 

 

and procedures for changing these settings.

 

 

 

Conventions

 

 

 

 

 

This guide uses the conventions listed in Table 2 to convey instructions and information.

Table 2

Document Conventions

 

 

 

 

Convention

 

Description

 

 

 

boldface font

Commands and keywords.

 

 

 

 

italic font

 

Variables for which you supply values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[

]

 

 

 

Keywords or arguments that appear within square brackets are optional.

 

 

 

 

{x y z}

 

A choice of required keywords appears in braces separated by vertical bars. You must select one.

 

 

 

screen font

Examples of information displayed on the screen.

 

 

 

boldface screen

Examples of information you must enter.

font

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<

>

 

 

 

Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, appear in angle brackets in environments where italic font

 

 

 

 

 

is not available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[

]

 

 

 

Default responses to system prompts appear in square brackets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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