Notes for Cisco IOS Devices IOS can be accessed by Console, Auxiliary and Telenet ports.

Flash contains the IOS while configuration are saved in the NVRAM (startup-config) while in RAM (running-config) configurations are executed to run the device and to change the configuration which can be saved after in NVRAM (nonvolatile RAM). Basically device access is provided by three user modes. First mode is user executive mode (shown as device name>) which is only for viewing, then privilege executive mode (shown as device name#) for administration and then global mode (shown as device name (config or config-if)#) is use for configuring purpose. For shifting first mode to second mode, enable command is used and disable will return from second to first mode. configure terminal is used to go in third mode from second mode and end is used to return from third mode to second. exit is used for returning from third modes further command (device name ( config-if)#) to starting (device name (config)#) mode. Crtl+Shift+6 is used to get out from a running process. Crtl+c is used to get ride of an option. To redisplay command line after IOS message Ctrl+r is used. Shift+up or down arrow key is used to show previous or further given commands. Tab key is used to complete the command or arguments if some starting words are given and no other command is starts with those words. ? mark can be used to see available commands. With some command ? will show the available commands matching these words. Command can be just command or with command space arguments or keywords which are required to enable the operation of command. A given command maybe valid, invalid, incomplete or ambiguous command. show arp Show address resolution protocol table show mac-address-table Show MAC address table in switches show startup-config Show the saved configurations which run in startup show running-config Show the running configurations which are in use now show ip interface interface name to show ip configuration on ports. If use brief instead of interface will show all ip ports. show interfaces will show all statistics of the ports. show version shows hardware and software information of the device. Global mode may contain further interface, line or router modes In global mode (host name desired name) host name command is use to rename the device.

(enable secret desired password) for encrypt and (enable password desired password) for password is used in global mode to restrict access to privilege executive mode. To restrict access to the device go in line mode and (password desired password) and after this command (login) is used to restrict that line access from that line. (Service password-encryption) commands will crypt the passwords shown in the running or saved configuration when we view it. (banner motd special character message same special character) will provide a message before password asking to warn the accessing person. (reload) command will reboot the system. (copy from to) command will copy file. From this command running-config to startup-config or startup-config to running-config can be done. This command can also use to upload or download configuration and IOS files on tftp server. (write memory) command will also save running configurations. (erase desired file) command is use to delete file. Write erase can also use to delete saved configuration. (no shutdown) or (shutdown) in interface mode allow to up or down an interface. (ip address desired ip subnet mask) is use to give an ip to an interface. (description desired description) command will enable you to give a description to an interface.