Setting The Boot Field In The Configuration Register; Setting The Rom-Monitor Console-Port Baud Rate - Cisco WS-C6506 Software Manual

Setting the Configuration Register

Setting the Boot Field in the Configuration Register

You can determine the boot method that the switch will use at the next startup by setting the boot field
in the configuration register. This command affects only the configuration register bits that control the
boot field and leaves the remaining bits unaltered. The following boot methods are supported:
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We recommend that you use only the rommon and system keywords with the set boot config-register
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boot command.
To set the configuration register boot field, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Set the boot field in the configuration register.
This example shows how to set the boot field in the configuration register:
Console> (enable) set boot config-register boot rommon
Configuration register is 0x0
ignore-config: disabled
auto-config: non-recurring
console baud: 9600
boot: the ROM monitor
Console> (enable)

Setting the ROM-Monitor Console-Port Baud Rate

You can set the console-port baud rate that is used by the ROM monitor. The new baud rate is used the
next time that the switch is restarted. This command affects only the configuration register bits that
control the baud rate and leaves the remaining bits unaltered.
The baud rate that is specified in the configuration register is used by the ROM monitor only and is
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different from the baud rate that is specified by the set system baud command.
To set the ROM-monitor console-port baud rate in the configuration register, perform this task in
privileged mode:
Task
Set the ROM-monitor console-port baud rate in
the configuration register.
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ROM monitor—Enter the rommon keyword to force the switch to remain in ROM-monitor mode at
startup.
Bootflash—Enter the bootflash keyword to cause the switch to boot from the first image that is
stored in the onboard flash memory.
System—Enter the system keyword to boot from the image that is specified in the BOOT
environment variable (the default).
Chapter 25 Modifying the Switch Boot Configuration
Command
set boot config-register boot {rommon |
bootflash | system} [mod]
Command
set boot config-register baud {1200 | 2400 | 4800
| 9600} [mod]
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