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Tip If the messages above do not appear, SDM and the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick Start Guide were not shipped with your router. If you want to use SDM, you can download the latest version of SDM and instructions for installing it on your router from the following location: http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/sdm To obtain the SDM quick start guide, SDM release notes, and other SDM documentation, go to www.cisco.com/go/sdm and click the Technical Documentation link. Initial Configuration Using the Setup Command Facility This section shows how to use the setup command facility to configure a hostname for the router, set passwords, and configure an interface for communication with the management network. If the following messages appear at the end of the startup sequence, the setup command facility has been invoked automatically: --- System Configuration Dialog --- At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help. Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt. Default settings are in square brackets '[]'. Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: The setup command facility prompts you for basic information about your router and network, and it creates an initial configuration file. After the configuration file is created, you can use the CLI or Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) to perform additional configuration. The prompts in the setup command facility vary depending on your router model, the installed interface modules, and the software image. The following example and the user entries (in bold) are shown as examples only. For help with interface and port numbering, see the "Port Numbering" section on page 29. Note If you make a mistake while using the setup command facility, you can exit and run the setup command facility again. Press Ctrl-C, and type setup at the privileged EXEC mode prompt (Router#). Step 1 To proceed using the setup command facility, enter yes when the power-up messages have ended. Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: yes Step 2 When the following messages appear, press Return to enter basic management setup: At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help. Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt. Default settings are in square brackets '[]'. Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity for management of the system, extended setup will ask you to configure each interface on the system Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]: yes Step 3 Enter a hostname for the router (this example uses Router): Configuring global parameters: Enter host name [Router]: Router Step 4 Enter an enable secret password. This password is encrypted (more secure) and cannot be seen when you view the configuration. The enable secret is a password used to protect access to privileged EXEC and configuration modes. This password, after 31

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Tip
If the messages above do not appear, SDM and the
Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) Quick Start Guide
were not shipped with your router. If you want to use SDM, you can download the latest version of SDM and
instructions for installing it on your router from the following location:
To obtain the SDM quick start guide, SDM release notes, and other SDM documentation, go to www.cisco.com/go/sdm
and click the Technical Documentation link.
Initial Configuration Using the Setup Command Facility
This section shows how to use the setup command facility to configure a hostname for the router, set passwords, and configure
an interface for communication with the management network. If the following messages appear at the end of the startup
sequence, the setup command facility has been invoked automatically:
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
The setup command facility prompts you for basic information about your router and network, and it creates an initial
configuration file. After the configuration file is created, you can use the CLI or Cisco Router and Security Device Manager
(SDM) to perform additional configuration.
The prompts in the setup command facility vary depending on your router model, the installed interface modules, and the
software image. The following example and the user entries (in
bold
) are shown as examples only.
For help with interface and port numbering, see the “Port Numbering” section on page 29.
Note
If you make a mistake while using the setup command facility, you can exit and run the setup command facility again.
Press
Ctrl-C
, and type
setup
at the privileged EXEC mode prompt (
Router#
).
Step 1
To proceed using the setup command facility, enter
yes
when the power-up messages have ended.
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
yes
Step 2
When the following messages appear, press
Return
to enter basic management setup:
At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.
Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity
for management of the system, extended setup will ask you
to configure each interface on the system
Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]:
yes
Step 3
Enter a hostname for the router (this example uses
Router
):
Configuring global parameters:
Enter host name [Router]:
Router
Step 4
Enter an enable secret password. This password is encrypted (more secure) and cannot be seen when you view the
configuration.
The enable secret is a password used to protect access to
privileged EXEC and configuration modes. This password, after