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Basic Software Configuration Using the Cisco IOS Command-Line Interface
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How to Perform a Basic Software Configuration Using the Cisco IOS CLI
The following display shows sample output for the ping command when you ping the IP hostname
donald:
Router# ping donald
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 192.168.7.27, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent, round-trip min/avg/max = 1/3/4 ms
What to Do Next
Proceed to the “Saving Your Router Configuration” section on page 17.
Saving Your Router Configuration
This section describes how to avoid losing your configuration at the next system reload or power cycle
by saving the running configuration to the startup configuration in NVRAM.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
enable
2.
copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
What to Do Next
Proceed to the “Saving Backup Copies of Your Configuration and System Image” section on page 17.
Saving Backup Copies of Your Configuration and System Image
To aid file recovery and minimize downtime in case of file corruption, we recommend that you save
backup copies of the startup configuration file and the Cisco IOS software system image file on a server.
For more detailed information, see the “Managing Configuration Files” chapter and the “Loading and
Maintaining System Images” chapter of the Cisco
IOS Configuration Fundamentals and Network
Management Configuration Guide.
Command or Action Purpose
Step 1
enable
Example:
Router> enable
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
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Enter your password if prompted.
Step 2
copy running-config startup-config
Example:
Router# copy running-config startup-config
Saves the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
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