Configuring The Cisco 12008 - Cisco Gigabit Switch Router 12008 Installation And Configuration Manual

Configuring the Cisco 12008

The information in this section applies only if the system does not boot automatically on
startup from a specified default Cisco IOS software image.
The Cisco 12008 is administered by means of a command language interpreter called the
EXEC. You must boot the router and log in to the system before you can issue commands
to the EXEC.
For security purposes in issuing commands, the EXEC has two levels of access:
•
User EXEC mode—On startup of the Cisco IOS software, the system presents the user
EXEC mode prompt:
Router>
•
Privileged EXEC mode—If you enter an enable secret password (which must first have
been saved in memory) at the user EXEC mode prompt, the system changes to the
privileged EXEC mode prompt (
Router> enable
password: xxxxxxxxx
Router#
For information about using passwords, refer to Step 5 and Step 6 in the section entitled
"Configuring Global Parameters."
The system asks you if you want to continue with the configuration dialog. If
you answer yes, the system proceeds with the interactive script for the setup
facility. If you answer no, the system exits from the setup facility. In this case,
you must issue configuration commands at the console terminal to configure the
system and network interface parameters.
You need not configure the network interfaces immediately; however, you
cannot connect to a network until you configure the interfaces for operation in
your networking environment. To do this, refer to the following section entitled
"Configuring the Cisco 12008."
Observing System Startup and Performing a Basic Configuration 4-11
), as indicated below:
Router#
Configuring the Cisco 12008