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Cisco 7200 VXR Installation and Configuration Guide
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Preface
Audience
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Audience
To use this publication, you should be familiar not only with Cisco router hardware and cabling but also 
with electronic circuitry and wiring practices. You should also have experience as an electronic or 
electromechanical technician. 
This installation guide explains the initial hardware installation and basic configuration procedures for 
the Cisco
 7200 VXR routers. It contains procedures for unpacking and installing the router hardware, 
creating a basic software configuration file, and starting up the router. After completing the installation 
and basic configuration procedures covered in this guide, you will then use the appropriate companion 
publications to more completely configure your system.
Organization
The major sections of this guide are as follows:
Document Conventions
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
Chapter / 
Appendix
Title Description
Chapter 1 Cisco 7200 VXR 
Product Overview
Describes the physical properties and provides a 
functional overview of the Cisco
 7200 VXR routers.
Chapter 2 Preparing for 
Installation
Describes safety considerations, tools required, and gives 
an overview of the installation and procedures you should 
perform before the actual installation.
Chapter 3 Installing a Cisco 7200 
VXR Router
Describes installing the hardware and connecting the 
external network interface cables. 
Chapter 4 Observing System 
Startup and Performing a 
Basic Configuration
Describes the procedures for completing a basic system 
configuration and for checking and saving this 
configuration to system memory.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the 
Installation
Describes troubleshooting procedures for the hardware 
installation.
Appendix A Configuration Register 
Information
Provides configuration register information.
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