Configure The Router; Using The Console Interface; Configure Global Parameters Using The Setup Facility - Cisco Router ASR 1006 Hardware Installation Manual

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Configure the Router

Using the Console Interface

To access the command-line interface using the console, follow these steps:
Once the terminal console port is connected, configure your terminal emulation software with valid settings. Start at
Step 1
the following prompt:
Press Return for Console prompt
Step 2 Press Return to enter user EXEC configuration mode. The following prompt appears:
Router>
From user EXEC configuration mode, enter the enable command as shown in the following example:
Step 3
Router> enable
At the password prompt, enter your system's password. If an enable password has not been set on your system, this
Step 4
step may be skipped. The following example shows entry of the password called enablepass:
Password: enablepass
When your enable password is accepted, the privileged EXEC configuration mode prompt appears:
Step 5
Router#
You now have access to the CLI in privileged EXEC configuration mode and you can enter the necessary commands to
Step 6
complete your desired tasks.
To exit the console session, enter the quit command as shown in the following example:
Step 7
Router# quit

Configure Global Parameters Using the Setup Facility

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:
Step 1 Connect a console terminal to the console port and then boot the router. The system boots from flash memory. The
following information appears after about 30 seconds. This is only an example of the output display; prompts may vary.
The first sections of the configuration script appear only at an initial system startup. On subsequent uses of the setup
Step 2
facility, the script begins with a System Configuration Dialog as shown below: When asked if you would like to enter
the initial configuration dialog, enter yes.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no] yes
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity for management of the system, extended setup
will ask you to configure each interface on the system.
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: y
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity
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