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Chapter 8: Configuring

Cisco Devices Module 8


Configuring Cisco Devices

Presentation_ID © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 1
Chapter 8 - Sections & Objectives
 8.1 Cisco LAN Devices
• Explain the basic features of Cisco LAN switches.
 8.2 Internetworking Devices
• Explain the features of a Cisco router.
 8.3 Exploring the Cisco IOS
• Explain how to use the Cisco IOS
 8.4 Using Show Commands
• Use common show commands to view device status.
 8.5 Configuring a Cisco Network
• Build a switch and router network.
Cisco LAN Devices
LAN Switches and Wireless Devices
 A switch is used to connect devices on the same network. A
router is used to connect multiple networks to each other.
 When choosing a switch for a particular LAN, there are a
number of factors to consider: types and number of ports, the
speed required, expandability and manageability.
 Cisco Catalyst 2960
Series Ethernet
switches are suitable for
small and medium sized
networks. They provide
10/100 Fast Ethernet
and 10/100/1000
Gigabit Ethernet LAN
connectivity.
Cisco LAN Devices
Connecting to the Switch
 When the switch is on, the power-on self-test (POST) begins. During POST, the LEDs
blink while a series of tests determine that the switch is functioning properly. POST is
completed when the SYST LED rapidly blinks green. If the switch fails POST, the SYST
LED turns amber.
 Out-of-band management requires a computer to be directly connected to the console
port of the network device that is being configured. Use in-band management to monitor
and make configuration changes to a network device over a network connection.
 A Cisco device loads the
following two files into RAM
when it is booted:
• IOS Image file
• Startup configuration file
Internetworking Devices
Cisco Routers
 All routers are essentially computers. Just like computers, routers require: operating
systems (OS), central processing units (CPU), random-access memory (RAM),
read-only memory (ROM), and nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM).
 Every Cisco router has the same general hardware components, and these
connections: console ports, 2 LAN interfaces, and enhanced high-speed WAN
interface card (EHWIC) slots.
Internetworking Devices
Setting Up the Router
 Follow these steps to power up a Cisco router:
1. Mount and ground the device chassis.
2. Seat the external compact flash card.
3. Connect the power cable.
4. Configure the terminal emulation software on the PC and connect the PC to the console port.
5. Turn on the router.
6. Observe the startup messages on the PC as the router boots up.

 The two most


common methods to
access the command
line interface are
console and SSH.
Exploring the Cisco IOS
Navigate the IOS
 The Cisco IOS command line interface (CLI) is a text-based program that enables entering
and executing Cisco IOS commands to configure, monitor, and maintain Cisco devices.
 To initially configure a Cisco device, a console connection must be established. 
 As a security feature, the Cisco IOS software separates management access into the
following two command modes: user EXEC mode and privileged EXEC mode.
 Global configuration mode is identified by a prompt that ends with (config)# after the device
name, such as Switch(config)#.
Exploring the Cisco IOS
The Command Structure
 The general syntax for a command is the command followed by any appropriate keywords
and arguments:
• Keyword - a specific parameter defined in the operating system (in the figure, ip
protocols)
• Argument - not predefined; a value or variable defined by the user (in the figure,
192.168.10.5)

 ping ip-address - The command is ping and the user-defined argument is the ip-address
of the destination device.
 traceroute ip-address - The command is traceroute and the user-defined argument is
the ip-address of the destination device.
 The Cisco IOS has both context sensitive help and command syntax check.
 Commands and keywords can be shortened to the minimum number of characters that
identify a unique selection. 
Using Show Commands
Viewing Device Information
 To verify and troubleshoot network operation, examine the operation
of the devices using the show command:
• show running-config
• show interfaces
• show arp
• show ip route
• show protocols
• show version

 If you are logged into a router


or switch remotely, the show version command is an excellent means of
quickly finding useful summary information about the particular device to
which you are connected.
Configuring a Cisco Network
Basic Switch Configuration
1. Configure the device name.
2. Secure the user EXEC mode.
3. Secure remote Telnet/SSH access.
4. Secure privileged EXEC mode.
5. Secure all passwords in the config file.
6. Provide legal notification.
7. Configure the management SVI.
8. Save the configuration.
Configuring a Cisco Network
Basic Router Configuration
1. Configure the device name.
2. Secure the user EXEC mode.
3. Secure remote Telnet/SSH access.
4. Secure privileged EXEC mode.
5. Secure all passwords in the config file.
6. Provide legal notification.
7. Save the configuration.
Configuring a Cisco Network
Basic Router Configuration (Cont.)
 Configure the interface:
• interface type-and-number
• description description-text
• ip address ipv4-address subnet-mask
• no shutdown
 One of the most useful commands for verifying interface configuration is the show ip
interface brief command. The output displays all interfaces, their IPv4 address, and their
current status. The configured and connected interfaces should display a Status of “up” and
Protocol of “up”. 

 Other interface verification


commands include:
• show ip route - Displays the
contents of the IPv4 routing
table stored in RAM.
• show interfaces - Displays
statistics for all interfaces on
the device.
• show ip interface - Displays
the IPv4 statistics for all
interfaces on a router.
Configuring a Cisco Network
Securing the Devices
 As good practice, use different authentication passwords for each of these levels of access.
 Setting a password for console connection access is done in global configuration mode.
These commands prevent unauthorized users from accessing user mode from the console
port.
• Switch(config)# line console 0
• Switch(config)# password [password]
• Switch(config)# login
Configuring a Cisco Network
Securing the Devices (Cont.)
1. Verify SSH support.
2. Configure the IP domain.
3. Generate RSA key pairs.
4. Configure user authentication.
5. Configure the vty lines.
6. Enable SSH version 2.
Configuring a Cisco Network
Securing the Devices (Cont.)
 To display the version and configuration data for SSH on the device that you configured as
an SSH server, use the show ip ssh command. 
Configuring a Cisco Network
Connecting the Switch to the Router
 The default gateway address is generally the router interface address attached to the local
network of the host. The IP address of the host device and the router interface address must
be in the same network.
 To configure a default gateway on a switch, use the ip default-gateway global configuration
command. The IP address configured is that of the router interface of the connected switch.
End of module 8

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