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This chapter provides a general description of the hardware installation and software configuration process for the router. It outlines the tasks you must perform to set up your router with the features you need, including protocol translation, if your system image has this option.
The primary purpose of this guide is to describe the setup command facility and its use in the installation and configuration process. With the setup command facility, you can start using your router quickly and without extensive background knowledge because the facility prompts you for basic configuration information.
You can use the setup command facility both at initial system configuration and for later changes to the basic configuration. The facility also helps you become familiar with the command sequence as you step through the configuration process. Because of these unique characteristics, setup is referred to as a command facility rather than simply as a command.
The installation and configuration process has seven phases. Each phase includes tasks that help you use your router to meet your networking needs. Figure 1-1 shows the order of the phases and the tasks within each phase.
The details about each phase of the installation and configuration process are available in this guide or in other referenced publications. A brief description of phase 1, "Preinstallation," and phase 2, "Installing Your Router," follows Figure 1-1. For detailed information about the tasks in phase 1 and phase 2, refer to the hardware and maintenance documentation for your router.
Phases 3, 4, and 5 are described in this guide, and phases 6 and 7 are described in the Router Products Configuration Guide and Router Products Command Reference publications.
For information about setting up a router for protocol translation, refer to the publication Protocol Translator Configuration Guide and Command Reference.
Preinstallation refers to the tasks you must perform before starting actual system hardware installation. The preinstallation tasks are as follows:
Refer to the appropriate hardware installation and maintenance publication for your router for more detailed information about preinstallation tasks.
After you complete the preinstallation tasks, you are ready to install the router components. To install the router on an A+, M, and C chassis, perform the following tasks as necessary:
To install the router on a Cisco 2500 and Cisco 3000 chassis, perform the following tasks:
To install the router on a the Cisco 7000 chassis, perform the following tasks:
For detailed information about router installation tasks, refer to the appropriate hardware installation and maintenance publication for your router.
To work with the router, you must attach an ASCII terminal to the system console port at the back of the router. This port functions as a data communications equipment (DCE) device and requires that you use a "straight-through" RS-232 cable. Configure the terminal to operate at the following settings:
After you connect an ASCII terminal to the console port, go on to complete the Global Configuration and Interface Configuration worksheets in the "Preparing for First-Time Startup" chapter.
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