SHOW VERSION, SHOW FLASH, BOOT SYSTEM and COPY COMMANDS
Objective: Prepare to back up, upgrade, and load a backup IOS software image.
Step Enter user mode with cisco password (from either the router console
or through a telnet session from a workstation)
Enter privileged mode by using the enable command and the class password.
Step 2 - Enter show startup-config
Question ? Is there any indication of the configuration register setting?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ __________________
Step 3 - Enter show version
Question ? What version of the IOS is running?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ __________
Question ? What is the name of the Cisco IOS image file loaded?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ ________
Question ? What kind of router (platform type) is this?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ __________
Question ? What is the revision level of the image?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ ________
Question ? How much NVRAM (startup config) memory is there?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ __________
Question ? How much RAM is there?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ ________
Question ? What is the configuration register setting, and what boot type does this setting specify?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ __________
Step 4 - Assuming the config-register was currently set to 0x2102, complete the command to change the boot type as follows:
Boot from ROM: Config-register 0x__________
Boot from commands in NVRAM: Config-register 0x__________
Boot into the ROM monitor: Config-register 0x__________
Step 5 - If the router were in ROM monitor mode, what command would manually boot
the Cisco IOS software? __________
Step 6 - Enter show flash
Question ? What is the name and length of the Cisco IOS image stored in flash?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ _____________
Question ? What attributes can you identify from codes in the Cisco IOS filename?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ _____________
Step 7 - Write the configuration mode commands to specifiy that the IOS image should
be loaded from:
Flash: ____________________
A TFTP server: ____________________
ROM: ____________________ Will this be a full IOS image? _________
Step 8 - Enter the copy flash tftp command
Question ? What details must you have in preperation for using this command?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ _____ _______ ______ __________
Question ? Why is it a good idea to issue this command from a new router?
Answer - __________ ______ ____ _____ _______ ______ __________
Step 9 - Enter the show memory, show stacks & show buffers commands
Document is your LAB Engineering journal the results and your observations for these commands.
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