Cisco ASR 1000 Series Installation And Configuration Guide

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Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Installation and Initial Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7 Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers Power Up and Initial Configuration
Configuring the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers at Startup
Note You need to acquire the correct network addresses from your system administrator or consult your
network plan to determine correct addresses before you can complete the router configuration.
Before continuing the configuration process, check the current state of the router by entering the show
version command. The show version command displays the release of Cisco IOS software that is
available on the router.
For information on modifying the configuration after you create it, see the Cisco IOS configuration and
command reference guides.
To configure a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers from the console, you must connect a terminal or
terminal server to the console port on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series RP1. To configure the Cisco
ASR 1000
Series Routers over your management Ethernet, you must have the router’s IP address available.
Using the Console Interface
To access the command line interface using the console, follow these steps:
Step 1 Your system is booting and if you answer No, at the prompt:
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no
Step 2 Then Press Return to enter user EXEC mode. The following prompt appears:
Router>
Step 3 From user EXEC mode, enter the enable command as shown in the following example:
Router> enable
Step 4 At the password prompt, enter your system password. If an enable password has not been set on your
system, this step may be skipped. The following example shows entry of the password called enablepass:
Password: enablepass
Step 5 When your enable password is accepted, the privileged EXEC mode prompt appears: Router#
Step 6 You now have access to the CLI in privileged EXEC mode and you can enter the necessary commands
to complete your desired tasks. To exit the console session, enter the quit command as shown in the
following example:
Router# quit
Configuring Global Parameters
When you first start the setup program, you must configure the global parameters. These parameters are
used for controlling system-wide settings. Complete the following steps to enter the global parameters:
Step 1 Connect a console terminal to the console port, and then boot the router.

Cisco ASR 1000 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	ASR 1000 Series
Category	Network Router
Language	English