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Cisco IOS XR Getting Started Guide
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Configuring General Router Features
This chapter describes how to communicate with the router using the command-line interface (CLI), and
it describes basic Cisco IOS XR software configuration management.
Contents
The chapter contains the following sections:
Secure Domain Routers, page 4-1
Connecting and Communicating with the Router, page 4-2
Logging In to a Router or an SDR, page 4-11
CLI Prompt, page 4-12
User Access Privileges, page 4-13
Navigating the CiscoIOS XR Command Modes, page 4-17
Managing Configuration Sessions, page 4-23
Configuring the SDR Hostname, page 4-38
Configuring the Management Ethernet Interface, page 4-39
Manually Setting the Router Clock, page 4-44
Where to Go Next, page 4-46

Secure Domain Routers

Cisco CRS-1 routers and Cisco XR 12000 Series Routers can be partitioned into multiple, independent
routers known as secure domain routers (SDRs). Every router ships with a default SDR, which is called
the owner SDR because it by default owns all RPs and line cards installed in the routing system. To build
additional SDRs, you must create each SDR using configuration commands, name the SDR, assign RP,
DRP, and line cards to the SDR, and then configure the interfaces on the line cards on the new SDR. An
SDR is a group of cards within a router that is configured to operate as an independent router. SDRs that
are created with configuration commands are called nam ed SDRs and are configured with custom names
to distinguish them from the owner SDR and other named SDRs.