Cisco 800 Series Hardware Installation Manual page 137

Chapter 1 Product Overview
Press and hold the Reset button until the system status LED begins to flash. Typically, this occurs within
Step 2
5 seconds.
The router reloads itself after the startup configuration has been replaced with the new customer
configuration.
Custom Configuration File for Cisco 892FSP, Cisco 896VA, Cisco 897VA, and Cisco 898EA
In the first method, the configuration file can be located on the router's compact flash or on the router's
NVRAM. The custom configuration file must use cfg as the filename extension.
When the system attempts to load a custom configuration file, configuration files on NVRAM have
priority over configuration files on the router's compact flash.
The priority for loading a configuration file is as follows:
If the router does not find a valid custom configuration file, the system aborts the process.To reset the
router to the factory default configuration or to load a custom configuration file, follow these steps:
Step 1 Turn the power on.
Step 2 Press and hold the Reset button until the system status LED begins to flash. Typically, this occurs within
5 seconds.
The router reloads itself after the startup configuration has been replaced with the new customer
configuration.
In the second method, the configuration file can be located on an external USB flash drive or on the
router's compact flash.
The custom configuration file must be named one of the following:
•
•
When the system attempts to load a custom configuration file, configuration files on a USB flash drive
have priority over configuration files on the router's flash drive and the "customer-config.SN" file name
has priority over the customer-config file name.
The priority for loading a configuration file is as follows:
1.
2.
3.
4.
If the router does not find a valid custom configuration file, the system aborts the process.
To reset the router to the factory default configuration or to load a custom configuration file, follow these
steps:
Verify that Cisco IOS is running correctly by checking that the system status LED is on.
Step 1
nvram: *.cfg
1.
Router flash: *.cfg
2.
customer-config
customer-config.SN, where "SN" is the unique hardware serial number.
usbflash0:customer-config.SN
usbflash0:customer-config
Router flash:customer-config.SN
Router flash:customer-config
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