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Chapter 7 Power-Up Procedures for Cisco 1800 Series Routers (Modular)
Initial Configuration of the Router
•
Cisco Router and Security Device Manager—See the
“Cisco Router and Security Device Manager”
section on page 7-6
•
Setup command facility—See the
“Initial Configuration Using the Setup Command Facility”
section
in the
Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers (Modular) Quick Start Guide.
•
Command-line interface (CLI)—See the
“Initial Configuration Using Cisco CLI—Manual
Configuration”
section in the
Cisco 1800 Series Integrated Services Routers (Modular) Quick Start
Guide.
Cisco Router and Security Device Manager
If the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) has been installed on your router, the following
messages appear at the end of the startup sequence:
yourname con0 is now available
Press RETURN to get started.
For instructions on configuring your router by using SDM, see the
Cisco Router and Security Device
Manager (SDM) Quick Start Guide
. To use SDM, you can download the latest version of SDM and
instructions for installing it on your router:
http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/sdm
To obtain the SDM quick start guide, SDM release notes, and other SDM documentation, go to
www.cisco.com/go/sdm
.
Verifying the Initial Configuration
Verify that the new interfaces are operating correctly by performing the following tests:
•
Enter the
show interfaces
command to verify that the interfaces are operating correctly and that the
interfaces and line protocol are in the correct state—up or down.
•
Enter the
show ip interface brief
command to display a summary status of the interfaces configured
for IP.
•
Enter the
show configuration
command to verify that you configured the correct hostname and
password.
When you have completed and verified the initial configuration, your Cisco router is ready to be
configured for specific functions. See the
“Completing the Configuration” section on page 7-6
for
information about locating documentation for advanced configuration procedures.
Completing the Configuration
When you have completed and verified the initial configuration, your Cisco router is ready to be
configured for specific functions. For advanced configuration procedures, use either SDM or the CLI.
For configuration procedures using SDM, see
Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick
Start Guide
.
For configuration procedures using the CLI, see
Cisco 1800 Series Router Software Configuration
. The
software configuration documents include information about the following topics:
•
Basic software configuration
