Configure The Router - Cisco 7201 Quick Start Manual

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Configure the Router

Use this section for information on configuring the Cisco 7201 router.
Perform a Basic Configuration Using AutoInstall
The AutoInstall process is designed to configure the Cisco 7201 router automatically after connection to your WAN. For
AutoInstall to work properly, a TCP/IP host on your network must be preconfigured to provide the required configuration files.
The TCP/IP host may exist anywhere on the network as long as the following two conditions are maintained:
1. The host must be on the remote side of the router synchronous serial connection to the WAN.
2. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcasts to and from the router and the TCP/IP host are enabled.
This functionality is coordinated by your system administrator at the site where the TCP/IP host is located. You should not use
AutoInstall unless the required files are available on the TCP/IP host. Refer to the Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals
Configuration Guide and Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference publications for information about how
AutoInstall works.
Complete the following steps to prepare your Cisco 7201 router for the AutoInstall process:
Attach the appropriate synchronous serial cable to synchronous serial interface 0 on the router.
Step 1
Turn the power switch on the power supply to the on (O) position. (This action turns on AC power to the router.) The
Step 2
router loads the operating system image from flash memory. If the remote end of the WAN connection is connected and
properly configured, the AutoInstall process begins.
Once the AutoInstall process is completed, use the copy running-config startup-config command to write the
Step 3
configuration data to the router's nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM). Perform the following step to
complete this task.
At the # prompt, enter the following command:
Step 4
Hostname# copy running-config startup-config
Completing Step 3 saves the configuration settings that the AutoInstall process created to NVRAM. If you fail to do
Note
this, your configuration will be lost the next time you reload the router.
Perform a Basic Configuration Using the Setup Facility
If you do not plan to use AutoInstall, do not connect the router's serial (WAN) cable to the channel service unit/data service unit
(CSU/DSU). If the WAN cable is not connected, the router boots from flash memory and goes automatically into the setup
facility.
You can run the setup facility any time you are at the enable prompt (#) by entering the setup command.
Note
If the serial (WAN) cable is connected to the CSU/DSU and the router does not have a configuration stored in NVRAM, the
router attempts to run AutoInstall at startup. The router may take several minutes to determine that AutoInstall is not set up
to a remote TCP/IP host. Once the router determines that AutoInstall is not configured, it defaults to the setup facility.
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