Cisco 2501 Configuration Guide - Page 4

Booting the Access Server for the First Time • Software version level and hardware configuration (enter the show version command to display this information) • Software configuration (enter the show running config (Release 11.0 or later) or the write terminal command (Earlier than Release 11.0) to display this information) Contacting the European Technical Assistance Center Cisco and its European Service Partners coordinate all customer service in Europe, including hardware and software telephone technical support, onsite service, and module exchange and repair. For more information, contact the European TAC. European TAC numbers and e-mail address are as follows: • Phone: 32 2 778 42 42 • Fax: 32 2 778 43 00 • E-mail: [email protected] Booting the Access Server for the First Time The access server is administered using the Cisco command interpreter, called the EXEC. You must log in to the access server before you can enter an EXEC command. For security purposes the EXEC has two levels of access to commands, user EXEC mode and privileged EXEC mode. To enter the privileged mode you must enter the enable secret password on systems running Cisco Internetwork Operating System (Cisco IOS) Release 10.2(3) or later, or the enable password on systems running Cisco IOS releases prior to 10.2(3) or when using the boot ROM monitor. Using the Enable Secret and the Enable Password The commands available at the user level are a subset of those available at the privileged level. Because many privileged-level EXEC commands are used to set operating parameters, you should password-protect these commands to prevent unauthorized use. 4-4 Cisco 2500 Series Access Server User Guide