Cisco RSP1 Installation And Configuration Manual page 13

Follow these steps to download (retrieve) the currently running configuration from a remote host:
On the console terminal, the system prompt should display a pound sign (#) to indicate the
Step 1
privileged level of the EXEC command interpreter. If it does not, follow the steps in the
section "Using the EXEC Command Interpreter" on page 10 to enable the privileged level.
Note Until you retrieve the previous configuration, the router will be running from the default
configuration in NVRAM. Therefore, any passwords that were configured on the previous system
will not be valid until you retrieve the configuration.
Use the ping command to verify the connection between the router and the remote host.
Step 2
(See the section "Using the Ping Command" on page 10.)
At the system prompt, issue the configure network command and press Return to enter
Step 3
the configuration mode and specify that you will configure the system from a network
device (instead of from the console terminal, which is the default).
Router# configure network
The system will ask you to select a host or network configuration file. The default is host;
Step 4
press Return to accept the default.
Host or network configuration file [host]?
The system will prompt you for the interface processor address of the host. Enter the
Step 5
interface processor address or name of the remote host (the remote file server to which you
uploaded the configuration file.
IP address of remote host [255.255.255.255]? 1.1.1.1
The system will prompt you for the name of the configuration file. When uploading the file,
Step 6
the default is to use the name of the router with the suffix -confg (router-confg in the
following example). If you specified a different filename when you uploaded the
configuration, enter the filename; otherwise, press
Name of configuration file [router-confg]?
Step 7 Before the system reboots with the new configuration, it displays the instructions you
entered for confirmation. If the instructions are not correct, enter n (no) then press Return
to cancel the process. To accept the instructions, press Return, or y then Return.
Configure using router-confg from 1.1.1.1? [confirm]
Booting router-confg from 1.1.1.1: ! ! [OK - 874/16000 bytes]
While the router retrieves and boots from the configuration on the remote host, the console
display indicates whether or not the operation was successful. A series of !!!! and [OK] (as
shown in the preceding example) indicates that the operation was successful. A series of . . .
and [timed out] or [failed] indicate a failure (which would probably be due to a network
fault or an incorrect server name, address, or filename). The following is an example of a
failed attempt to boot from a remote server:
Booting Router-confg ..... [timed out]
to accept the default.
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