HP AdvanceStack Internet Router manual Booting the Router for the First Time, Configuration

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Configuring the HP AdvanceStack

Internet Router

This chapter describes how to configure the HP AdvanceStack Internet Router and contains the following sections:

■Booting the Router for the First Time

■Configuring the Router for the First Time

■Cisco IOS Software Basics

■Configuring ISDN

■Verifying Network Connectivity

■Getting More Information

This chapter provides minimum software configuration information; it is not meant as comprehensive router configuration instructions. Detailed software configuration information is available in the Cisco IOS configuration guide and command reference publications. These publications are available on the documentation CD that came with your router or you can order printed copies. Refer to the section “Ordering Information” in chapter 1 “HP AdvanceStack Internet Router Overview”.

Booting the Router for the First Time

Each time you power on the router, it goes through the following boot sequence:

1.The router goes through power-on self-test diagnostics to verify basic operation of the CPU, memory, and interfaces.

2.The system bootstrap software (boot image) executes and searches for a valid Cisco IOS image (router operating system software). The source of the Cisco IOS image (Flash memory or a Trivial File Transfer Protocol [TFTP] server) is determined by the configuration register setting. The factory-default setting for the configuration register is 0x2102, which

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