Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Cisco Device Initial Configuration Dialog

Real World Application:

Are usually engineers worry about the initial configuration dialog, but boring you need to know it for the CCNA exam. But once you get this dialog box to configure Cisco IOS as a navigation experience, do not use this configuration dialog box, you will know how to manually set up.


However; shipping abroad, have is actually pretty useful when configuring devices in the initial configuration dialog, you need to experience personal to configure the basic connection to the device. Other then this case, the initial configuration dialog box is usually ignored all experienced network engineers; however, as CCNA requires a familiarity with the initial configuration dialog box.

Lab Prerequisites:

If You’re using GNS3 than load the Stub Area Networking GNS3 topology and start R1 than establish a console session with R1.

Lab Instruction:

When you open a new Cisco box, instead it is a Cisco switch or router, and at the boot prompt after the device is determined by the initial configuration dialog box. You will also be prompted by this dialog box if the write erase command in privileged mode and load, it will clear the NVRAM and set no startup configuration in NVRAM, the device prompts you, but do not start the initial configuration dialog box.


As shown below in the configuration box you will see the initial configuration dialog box prompts; choose and press ENTER.

       --- System Configuration Dialog ---

Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: yes

After you start the system configuration dialog box, step by step procedure is relatively easy, explains the details of the options in the dialog box. This lab will only demonstrate basic management configuration, however it is up to you to traverse the entire system configuration dialog box does not prompt, type II is shown below;

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

After typing yes at the basic management setup prompt you’ll be given the options to configure the hostname and passwords as shown below;

After basic management dialog box, set the password, the system will prompt you to enable SNMP (simple network management protocol) is an industry standard protocol that allows through the device management API. When you said I you will be asked to configure SNMP community string, as shown below;

Configure SNMP Network Management? [no]: yes
    Community string [public]: COMMUNITYSTRINGGOESHERE

Configuration, you will be asked to configure a single interface to manage the network, SNMP option to keep mind you'll need to type out the entire name of the interface, as shown below;

Current interface summary

Any interface listed with OK? value "NO" does not have a valid configuration

Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status       Protocol
Interface                  IP-Address      OK? Method Status       Protocol
FastEthernet0/0            unassigned      NO  unset  up           up    
FastEthernet0/1            unassigned      NO  unset  up           up    
Serial1/0                  unassigned      NO  unset  up           down  
Serial1/1                  unassigned      NO  unset  up           down  
Serial1/2                  unassigned      NO  unset  up           down  
Serial1/3                  unassigned      NO  unset  up           down      

Enter interface name used to connect to the
management network from the above interface summary: FastEthernet0/0

Once you’ve selected an interface that will participate in the management network, you’re required to configure the IP parameters for that interface as shown below;

Configuring interface FastEthernet0/0:
  Operate in full-duplex mode? [no]: 
  Configure IP on this interface? [yes]: 
    IP address for this interface: 10.1.1.2
    Subnet mask for this interface [255.0.0.0] : 255.255.255.0
    Class A network is 10.0.0.0, 24 subnet bits; mask is /24

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