Starting The System And Observing Initial Conditions - Cisco 7301 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Starting and Configuring the Router

Starting the System and Observing Initial Conditions

After installing your Cisco 7301 router and connecting cables, start the router as follows:
At the front of the router, place the power switch on the power supply in the on (|) position.
Step 1
Listen for the fans; you should immediately hear them operating.
Step 2
During the boot process, observe the system LEDs. The LEDs on the port adapter go on and off in
Step 3
irregular sequence. They may go on, go out, and go on again for a short time. On the router, the green
STATUS LED comes on and stays on.
Step 4 Observe the initialization process. When the system boot is complete (a few seconds), the processor
begins to initialize the port adapter and the I/O subsystem. During this initialization, the LEDs on the
port adapter probably will flash on and off.
The enabled LED on the port adapter goes on when initialization is completed, and the console screen
displays a script and system banner similar to the following:
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) 7301 Software (C7301-JS-M), Version 12.2(V99.1)Copyright (c) 1986-2001 by cisco
Systems, Inc.
Compiled Sat 19-May-01 11:31 by
Image text-base:0x60008960, data-base:0x617CA000
When you start up the router for the first time, the system automatically enters the setup facility, which
Step 5
determines which port adapter is installed and prompts you for configuration information. On the
console terminal, after the system displays the system banner and hardware configuration, you will see
the following System Configuration Dialog prompt:
At any point you may enter a questions mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
continue with configuration dialog? [yes]:
You have the option of proceeding with the setup facility to configure the interfaces, or exiting from
setup and using configuration commands to configure global (system-wide) and interface-specific
parameters. You do not have to configure the interfaces immediately; however, you cannot enable the
interfaces or connect them to any networks until you have configured them.
Many of the port adapter LEDs do not go on until you have configured the interfaces. To verify correct
operation of each interface, complete the first-time startup procedures and configuration, and then refer
to the configuration note for the port adapter for LED descriptions and to check the status of the
interfaces.
If the system does not complete each of the steps in the startup procedure, proceed to
"Troubleshooting Initial Startup Problems"
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Starting the System and Observing Initial Conditions

for troubleshooting recommendations and procedures.
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