Cisco 2501 Configuration Guide - Page 8

Configuring the Access Server This functionality is coordinated by your system administrator at the site where the TCP/IP host is located. You should not attempt to use AutoInstall unless the required files have been provided on the TCP/IP host. See the publication Access and Communication Server Configuration Guide for information on how AutoInstall works. Take the following steps to prepare your access server for the AutoInstall process: Step 1 Attach the synchronous serial cable to the access server. Step 2 Turn on power to the access server. The access server will load the operating system image from Flash memory. If the remote end of the WAN connection is connected and properly configured, the AutoInstall process will begin. If the AutoInstall completed successfully, you may wish to write the configuration data to the access server's nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM). Perform the following step to complete this task: Step 3 At the # prompt, enter the copy running-config startup-config command if you are running Cisco IOS Release 11.0 or later, or the write memory command if you are running a Cisco IOS release earlier than 11.0: Hostname# copy running-config startup-config Taking this step will save the configuration settings that the AutoInstall process created in the access server. If you fail to do this, your configuration will be lost the next time you reload the access server. Configuring the Access Server Manually Using the Setup Facility If you do not plan to use AutoInstall, do not connect the access server's serial (WAN) cable to the channel service unit/data service unit (CSU/DSU). This will prevent the access server from attempting to run the AutoInstall process. The access server will attempt to run AutoInstall whenever you start it if the serial (WAN) connection is connected on both ends and the access server does not have a configuration stored in NVRAM. It can take several minutes for the access server to determine that AutoInstall is not set up to a remote TCP/IP host. 4-8 Cisco 2500 Series Access Server User Guide