Cisco 3845 - Security Bundle Router Software Guide

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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Assigning the Switch IP Address and Default Gateway
Understanding the Boot Process
• Initializes the flash file system on the system board.
• Loads a default operating system software image into memory and boots the switch.
The boot loader provides access to the flash file system before the operating system is loaded. Normally,
the boot loader is used only to load, uncompress, and launch the operating system. After the boot loader
gives the operating system control of the CPU, the boot loader is not active until the next system reset
or power-on.
The boot loader also provides trap-door access into the system if the operating system has problems
serious enough that it cannot be used. The trap-door mechanism provides enough access to the system
so that if it is necessary, you can format the flash file system, reinstall the operating system software
image by using the XMODEM Protocol, recover from a lost or forgotten password, and finally restart
the operating system. For more information, see the “Recovering from a Lost or Forgotten Password”
section on page 35-2.
Note You can disable password recovery. For more information, see the “Disabling Password Recovery”
section on page 8-5.
Before you can assign switch information, make sure you have connected a PC or terminal to the console
port, and configured the PC or terminal-emulation software baud rate and character format to match
these of the switch console port:
• Baud rate default is 9600.
• Data bits default is 8.
Note If the data bits option is set to 8, set the parity option to none.
• Stop bits default is 1.
• Parity settings default is none.
Initial Configuration
The switch is set to automatically boot to the bootloader. When the bootloader is fully operational, the
prompt appears:
switch:
See the “Boot Loader Commands” appendix in the command reference for this release for descriptions
of the available commands. To manually boot an image from flash memory, enter:
switch: boot flash: image name
If you do not know the image name on the flash memory, you can retrieve the name with this command:
switch:dir flash:
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 2072 <date> multiple-fs
3 -rwx 5 <date> private-config.text
4 -rwx 3045 <date> config.text
5 drwx 512 <date> me380x-universal-mz.122-52.1.127.EY
16920593 bytes available (41011183 bytes used)

Cisco 3845 - Security Bundle Router Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	3845 - Security Bundle Router
Category	Switch
Language	English