Router Configuration and Managing Configuration Files: Scenario
Router Configuration and Managing Configuration Files: Scenario
Router Configuration and Managing Configuration Files: Scenario
Lab 2
Router Configuration and Managing
Configuration Files
This CCNA Video Mentor lab demonstrates the mechanics of configuring a Cisco router and how to
copy configuration files. The objectives of this lab are the following:
■ Describe the configuration process using different configuration modes
■ Recognize the command prompts seen in different configuration modes
■ Copy configuration files using the copy command
Scenario
This lab contains two primary steps. The first step focuses on an example of moving around in config-
uration mode, with the goal of explaining the process rather than the specific commands. The second
step focuses on how to copy configuration files on a Cisco router. The video references these two
main steps as follows:
Step 2. Viewing and copying configuration files in NVRAM, RAM, and TFTP servers
Initial Configurations
The only router shown in this video begins with almost no configuration other than a host name.
Example 2-1 lists the hostname configuration for reference.
hostname R1
Ending Configurations
By the end of the lab, R1’s running and startup configuration files should be identical. The video also
shows a couple of other configuration items. Example 2-2 lists the ending configuration after all steps
in the lab.
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hostname Fred
!
interface serial 0/1/0
ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
!
line con 0
password cisco
login
Fa0/0
Console
1 S0/1/1
S0/1/0
2 3
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Because the video is organized into two separate steps, the reference materials have been organ-
ized into two separate sections.
Step 1 Reference
Figure 2-2 Accessing a Router’s Config Mode
Console
enable
Aux User Mode Enable Mode
Telnet end
or configure
exit terminal
or
Ctrl-z
Config Mode
Step 2 Reference
Figure 2-3 Mechanics of the copy Command
NVRAM RAM
startup-config
running-config
TFTP
Server