Initial Configuration Information; Cisco 7204 Installation Checklist - Cisco Router 7204 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation
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Initial Configuration Information

After you install the chassis and verify that all the hardware is operating properly, you must configure
the system and individual interfaces before you can connect your system to external networks. You can
use the setup command facility or standard configuration commands to enter the configuration
information.
Before you begin, you should be prepared with global (system-wide) parameters such as host names,
passwords, and routing protocols, and with configuration information for each interface such as
addresses, rates or speeds of operation, routing protocol specifics, and so on.
Following is some of the information you are likely to need, depending on your configuration:
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For complete configuration instructions, refer to the Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide
and the Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, which are available on Cisco.com.

Cisco 7204 Installation Checklist

To assist you with your installation and to provide a historical record of what was done, by whom, use
the Cisco 7204 Installation Checklist in
procedure or verification is completed. When the checklist is completed, place it in your site log
(described at the end of this chapter) along with the other records for your new router.
OL-5101-02
minimum number of 1 bits per time unit in a data stream, called ones density.) Several T1 CSU/DSU
devices are available as additional equipment, and most provide either a V.35, EIA/TIA-449, or
EIA-530 electrical interface.
Ethernet transceiver.
Token Ring media attachment unit (MAU).
Optical bypass switch or concentrator for multimode Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI)
connections.
Host name for the router.
Passwords to prevent unauthorized privileged-level access to the EXEC command interpreter and
for individual virtual terminal lines.
Protocols you plan to route.
Bridging configuration (if you plan to use bridging and, if so, on which interfaces).
Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and subnet masks if you are routing IP.
Zone names, network numbers, or node numbers for the new interfaces if required.
Operating speeds for specific interfaces—for example, Token Ring interfaces operate at either
4 or 16 Mbps, and serial interfaces operate at speeds of up to 2 Mbps. The speed of an interface
often depends on the speed of the remote device to which it is attached.
Table 2-2. Make a copy of this checklist and indicate when each
Cisco 7204 Installation and Configuration Guide

Initial Configuration Information

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