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Hardware Installation Guide for the Cisco 4000 Series  Integrated Services Router
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Chapter 5      ROM Monitor Overview and Basic Procedures
  Access ROM Monitor Mode
Router# show romvar
ROMMON variables:
 PS1 = rommon ! > 
 TFTP_FILE = /noash/overlord_627.bin
 DEFAULT_GATEWAY = 50.0.0.1
 TFTP_SERVER = 172.18.40.12
 IP_SUBNET_MASK = 255.255.255.0
 MCP_STARTUP_TRACEFLAGS = 00000000:00000000
 RET_2_RTS = 
 ? = 0
 LICENSE_BOOT_LEVEL = adventerprise,all:esg;
 IP_ADDRESS = 172.18.40.56
 BSI = 0
 RET_2_RCALTS = 
 RANDOM_NUM = 1707176976
Router# reload
rommon 1 > set
PS1=rommon ! > 
SR_INIT_SHELL=aux_do_system_shell
TFTP_FILE=/noash/overlord_627.bin
DEFAULT_GATEWAY=50.0.0.1
TFTP_SERVER=172.18.40.12
IP_SUBNET_MASK=255.255.255.0
MCP_STARTUP_TRACEFLAGS=00000000:00000000
RET_2_RTS=
?=0
LICENSE_BOOT_LEVEL=adventerprise,all:esg;
IP_ADDRESS=172.18.40.56
BSI=0
RANDOM_NUM=1707176976
RET_2_RCALTS=1350127173
Commonly Used ROM Monitor Commands
Table 5-1 summarizes the commands commonly used in ROM Monitor. For specific instructions on 
using these commands, refer to the relevant procedure in this document. 
Table 5-1 Commonly Used ROM Monitor Commands
ROMMON Command Description
boot image Manually boots a Cisco IOS XE software image.
boot image –o config-file-path Manually boots the Cisco IOS XE software with a temporary 
alternative administration configuration file.
confreg  Changes the config-register setting.
dev  Displays the available local storage devices.
dir  Displays the files on a storage device.
reset  Resets the node.
set  Displays the currently set ROM Monitor environmental 
settings. 
sync  Saves the new ROM Monitor environmental settings.
unset Removes an environmental variable setting.