IBM SC30-3681-08 Accessing the Conguration Process, Config Talk, Entering the Config Process

vThe con®guration process to initially con®gure and enable the interface, feature, or protocol, as well as perform later con®guration changes.

vThe operating/monitoring process to display information about each interface, feature, or protocol, to make temporary con®guration changes, or to activate con®guration changes.

You can also con®gure or operate some base system services through the second-level processes. The commands to perform these functions are described starting in ªChapter 5. The Con®guration Process (CONFIG - Talk 6) and Commandsº on page 39.

The next sections describe the procedures for accessing the second-level processes.

Accessing the Con®guration Process, CONFIG (Talk 6)

Each protocol con®guration process is accessed through the router's CONFIG process. CONFIG is the second-level process of the router user interface that lets you communicate with third-level processes. Protocol processes are examples of third-level processes.

The CONFIG command interface is made up of levels that are called modes. Protocol con®guration command interfaces are modes of the CONFIG interface.

Each protocol con®guration interface has its own prompt. For example, the prompt for the TCP/IP protocol command interface is IP config>.

The next sections describe these procedures in more detail.

Entering the CONFIG Process

To enter the CONFIG command process from OPCON and obtain the CONFIG prompt, enter the OPCON talk command and the PID for CONFIG. The PID for CONFIG is 6.

*talk 6

The console displays the CONFIG prompt (Config>). If the prompt does not appear, press the Return key again.

Quick Con®guration Process: Quick Con®guration, or Quick Con®g, allows you to quickly con®gure portions of the router without dealing with the speci®c operating system commands. You enter the Quick Con®g menus from the CONFIG process using the qcon®g command (see ªQuick Con®gurationº on page 42).

Restarting or Reloading the Router

Changes that you make to the protocol parameters through CONFIG do not take effect until you either activate the net that contains any dynamic changes or the router software.

To restart the router, enter the OPCON restart command. For example:

*restart

Are you sure you want to restart the router? (Yes or No): yes

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