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Cisco 3900 Series, Cisco 2900 Series, and Cisco 1900 Series Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 Software Configuration Guide
Chapter       Overview of the Hardware and Software
IOS Commands
Reloading the 
router.
reload This command 
reloads the router. 
The reload time is 
written to NV 
memory.
Router#reload Potential enough to flap bfd.
Enabling warm 
rebooting.
warm-reboot 
count value 
uptime value
Enables a router to 
warm-reboot.
Router(config)# 
warm-reboot 
count 10 uptime 
10
Potential enough to flap bfd.
New software 
license boot.
license boot 
module 
module-name 
level license-level 
To boot a new 
software license 
on routing 
platforms, use the 
license boot 
module command 
in global 
configuration 
mode.
Router(config)# 
license boot 
module c2900 
technology-packa
ge datak9 
Potential enough to flap bfd.
Enabling or 
disabling USB 
ports.
config mode : 
hw-module usb
Enable or disable 
USB ports from 
IOS config mode.
Router(config)#hw
-module usb 
disable
Router(config)#no 
hw-module usb 
disable
Will trigger a BFD flap.
Disabling access 
to ROMMON.
[no] service 
password-recove
ry
This command 
disables all access 
to ROMMON.
Router# no service 
password-recover
y
Potential enough to flap bfd.
Table 7 Cisco IOS Commands 
Functionality Command Name Description
Configuration 
Example Impact