what is the boot seqance of cisco router

Answer Posted / deepak

Boot Process


ROM - bootstrap

- the system bootstrap routine starts from ROM and tells the
router to run the POST and then look for an IOS in Flash memory

- router runs the POST (Power-On Self Test)
FLASH ( IOS--->DRAM)

- looks for a compressed IOS image in Flash Memory

· if an IOS is found, it is decompressed and loaded
into DRAM

· if no IOS is found the bootstrap routine can either
load an image from a TFTP server or from the included CD
that come with the router
NVRAM (Config--->DRAM)

- the router looks to NVRAM for a startup config

· if a startup config is found in NVRAM it is loaded
into DRAM

· if there is no startup config in NVRAM, then the
router goes into *setup mode

DRAM (ARP cache and routing tables)

- the DRAM is now loaded with the IOS and config, and the
router sends out ARP’s and Routing protocol broadcasts to
build it’s ARP cache and routing tables and store them in
DRAM. This is now the operating memory of the router. All
other types of memory are fairly dormant from this point on.



* setup mode is an interactive, step-by-step process with
only very basic global commands. You can enter setup mode
at any time from priviledged mode by typing “setup”. There
are two versions: Basic Management and Extended Setup

Is This Answer Correct ?    1 Yes 0 No



Post New Answer       View All Answers


Please Help Members By Posting Answers For Below Questions

Explain the types of communication in ipv6 ?

617


Explain the terms unicast, multicast, broadcast.

671


What is HDLC?

702


What is the different between console port and auxiliary port?

780


What is formula of hold down time of eigrp protocol?

722






What is the subnetmask of / 27 in network based and host based?

702


What is the difference between static ip addressing and dynamic ip addressing?

644


What causes a triggered update to reset the router hold-down timer?

748


What is the igp (interior gateway protocol)?

635


Mention what are the ranges for the private ips?

646


Explain the difference between arp and rarp?

1153


What are some standards supported by the Presentation layer?

737


When ip confliction accord in subnet which ip assigned automatically and what it called?

679


How do we do encryption and authentication in L2F?

2426


What is the attenuation?

687