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Cisco IR800 Integrated Services Router Software Configuration Guide
Chapter 2 Product Overview
Hardware Overview
Note
For the location of the reset button see the appropriate IR809 or IR829 Hardware Installation Guide.
Perform the following steps to use this feature:
Step 1
Unplug power.
Step 2
Press the reset button on the router.
Step 3
Power up the system while holding down the reset button.
The system LED blinks four times indicating that the router has accepted the button push.
Tip
The IR800 series of routers do not support password recovery. If needed, use the above procedure to
bring the router to its initial configuration, or to a previously set backup configuration.
Booting a Default IOS Image and Default Configuration
The IR800 differs from traditional IOS routers when booting a default IOS image and a default
configuration. These steps apply on a device running 15.6(1)T or later.
Method 1:
Step 1
Save a copy of your IR800 IOS image with the .default extension on flash. For example:
ios-image.default.
Step 2
Save a copy of your IR800 Hypervisor image with the .default extension on bootstrap. For example:
hypervisor-image.default.
Step 3
Save your desired default configuration file with the .cfg extension on flash. For example: config.cfg.
Step 4
Reset your IR800 router by powering it down, then press and hold the RESET button while powering up
the device.
The IR800 router will automatically boot hypervisor-image.default, then ios-image.default, and load the
config.cfg.
Step 5
Make sure there exists only one IOS image with a .default extension, only one configuration file with
the .cfg extension on the flash, and only one hypervisor image with the .default extension on bootstrap.
If you do not have a config.cfg on flash, it will boot with the Cisco default configuration (aka: empty)
startup-config.
Method 2:
Step 1
Check the “boot system” setting configuration in the default configuration file (prior to saving it to
startup-config), and verify that it points to an existing IOS image on the flash: partition.
