Performing A Basic Configuration Using The Setup Facility; Configuring Global Parameters - Cisco 7301 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Starting and Configuring the Router
This functionality is coordinated by your system administrator at the site where the TCP/IP host is
located. You should not use AutoInstall unless the required files are available on the TCP/IP host. Refer
to the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Cisco IOS Configuration
Fundamentals Command Reference publications for information about how AutoInstall works.
Complete the following steps to prepare your Cisco 7301 router for the AutoInstall process:
Step 1 Attach the appropriate synchronous serial cable to synchronous serial interface 0 on the router.
Turn the power switch on the power supply to the on (|) position. (This action turns on AC power to the
Step 2
router.)
The router loads the operating system image from Flash memory. If the remote end of the WAN
connection is connected and properly configured, the AutoInstall process begins.
Once the AutoInstall process is completed, use the copy running-config startup-config command to
write the configuration data to the router's nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM). Perform the
following step to complete this task.
Step 3 At the # prompt, enter the following command:
Hostname# copy running-config startup-config
Completing Step 3 saves the configuration settings that the AutoInstall process created to NVRAM. If
Note
you fail to do this, your configuration will be lost the next time you reload the router.

Performing a Basic Configuration Using the Setup Facility

If you do not plan to use AutoInstall, do not connect the router's serial (WAN) cable to the channel
service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU). If the WAN cable is not connected, the router boots from
Flash memory and goes automatically into the setup facility.
Note You can run the setup facility any time you are at the enable prompt (#) by entering the setup command.
If the serial (WAN) cable is connected to the CSU/DSU and the router does not have a configuration
stored in NVRAM, the router attempts to run AutoInstall at startup. The router may take several minutes
to determine that AutoInstall is not set up to a remote TCP/IP host. Once the router determines that
AutoInstall is not configured, it defaults to the setup facility.

Configuring Global Parameters

When you first start the setup program, you must configure the global parameters. These parameters are
used for controlling system-wide settings. Complete the following steps to enter the global parameters:
Connect a console terminal to the console port, and then boot the router.
Step 1
The system boots from flash memory. The following information appears after about 30 seconds. When
you see this information, you have successfully booted your router:
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