Kensington Lock; Reset Button - Cisco 800 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Cisco 860, 880, 890 Series

Kensington Lock

A Kensington security slot is located on the router back panel. To secure the router to a desktop or other
surface, use the Kensington lockdown equipment.

Reset Button

The Reset button is used to restore the router to the factory default configuration or to load a custom
configuration file.
There are two different ways to do this:
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Note If you execute a CLI reboot command while the embedded wireless AP is running Cisco Unified
Wireless Network software, the router reboots, but the AP continues to run. Clients with Cisco Unified
Wireless Network software are controlled by a wireless LAN controller (WLC) and can be reset only by
the controller.
Cisco 860VAE Routers—Custom Configuration File
On the Cisco 860VAE routers, the reset button can be used to load a custom configuration file without
having to use the CLI. The configuration file can be located on an external USB flash drive or on the
router's compact flash.
The custom configuration file must be named one of the following:
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When the system attempts to load a custom configuration file, configuration files on a USB flash drive
have priority over configuration files on the router's flash drive and the SN-customer-config file name
has priority over the customer-config file name. The priority for loading a configuration file is as
follows:
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If the router does not find a valid custom configuration file, the system aborts the process.
To reset the router to the factory default configuration, follow these steps:
Verify that Cisco IOS is running correctly by checking that the system status LED is on.
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By pressing the Reset button within 5 seconds of powering up the router.
By pressing the Reset button for 5 seconds while running IOS software.
customer-config
SN-customer-config (where "SN" is the unique hardware serial number)
USB flash0—SN-customer-config
USB flash0—customer-config
Router flash—SN-customer-config
Router flash—customer-config
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