Where to Go Next
Command or Action
Step 5
Press Enter.
Step 6
Log in to the router.
Where to Go Next
If you have logged into the router or multishelf system, you are ready to perform general router
configuration as described in
If the router is prompting you to enter a root-system username, bring up the router or multishelf system
as described in the appropriate chapter:
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Cisco IOS XR Getting Started Guide
1-14
Chapter 4, "Configuring General Router Features."
Chapter 2, "Bringing Up the Cisco IOS XR Software on a Standalone Router"
Chapter 3, "Bringing Up the Cisco IOS XR Software on a Multishelf System"
Chapter 1
Purpose
Initiates communication with the router.
If no text or router prompt appears when you connect to
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the console port, press Enter to initiate
communications.
If no text appears when you press Enter, give the router
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more time to complete the initial boot procedure, then
press Enter.
If the prompt gets lost among display messages, press
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Enter again.
If the router has no configuration, the router displays
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the prompt:
Enter root-system username:
If the router has been configured, the router displays the
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prompt:
Username:
Establishes your access rights for the router management
session.
Enter the root-system username and password or the
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username and password provided by your system
administrator.
After you log in, the router displays the CLI prompt,
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which is described in the
page
4-12.
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If the router prompts you to enter a root-system
username, the router is not configured, and you should
follow one of the bring up procedures mentioned in the
next section.
Introduction to Cisco IOS XR Software
"CLI Prompt" section on
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