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Explain the purpose of Cisco IOS.
Explain how to access and navigate Cisco IOS to configure network devices.
Describe the command structure of Cisco IOS software.
Configure hostnames on a Cisco IOS device using the CLI.
Use Cisco IOS commands to limit access to device configurations.
Use Cisco IOS commands to save the running configuration.
Explain how devices communicate across network media.
Configure a host device with an IP address.
Verify connectivity between two end devices.
Required Materials:
Reading Organizer
Packet Tracer Activities:
2.1.4.8 Packet Tracer - Navigating the IOS Instructions
2.2.3.3 Packet Tracer - Configuring Initial Switch Settings
Instructions
2.3.2.5 Packet Tracer - Implementing Basic Connectivity
Instructions
2.4.1.2 Packet Tracer - Skills Integration Challenge Instructions
Labs: 2.0.1.2 Class Activity - It is Just an Operating System Instructions
2.1.4.9 Lab - Establishing a Console Session with Tera Term
2.3.3.4 Lab - Building a Simple Network
2.3.3.5 Lab - Configuring a Switch Management Address
2.4.1.1 Class Activity - Tutor me! Instructions
Chapter Test
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Reading Organizer
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Note: the Reading Organizer has weighted scoring. Any question with the word explain or
define in it is expected to have a longer answer and is worth two points each.
After completion of this chapter, you should be able to:
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Explain the purpose of Cisco IOS.
Explain how to access and navigate Cisco IOS to configure network devices.
Describe the command structure of Cisco IOS software.
Configure hostnames on a Cisco IOS device using the CLI.
Use Cisco IOS commands to limit access to device configurations.
Use Cisco IOS commands to save the running configuration.
Explain how devices communicate across network media.
Configure a host device with an IP address.
Verify connectivity between two end devices.
Introduction
1. Home routers are four devices in one. List the four services offered.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2. Explain what the Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) refers to?
IOS Bootcamp 2.1
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3. The operating system involves three areas. List and explain each.
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4. A user can interact with the shell using either of two methods. List and explain each.
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5. What is the most common method used to access the Cisco IOS?
6. Where is the Cisco IOS stored?
7. Why is the IOS kept in non-volatile storage?
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8. Where is the IOS loaded when the device is powered on?
9. Before upgrading an IOS on a device what two things have to be considered?
a.
b.
10. List the major functions performed or enabled by Cisco routers and switches.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
11. What is the advantage of having a Cisco Connection Online (CCO) account?
12. What are the three most common ways to access the CLI?
a.
b.
c.
13. What is a console port?
14. What is Out-of-band access?
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15. What is the advantage of using a console port?
16. Explain why should networking devices should always be located in a locked room?
17. Explain how accessing the CLI with telnet differs from using the console port?
18. Why is SSH a better choice than telnet to access the CLI?
19. Like the Console port, the AUX port is also an out-of-band connection and does not require
any networking services to be configured or available on the device. In what other ways is the
AUX port different than using the Console port?
20. List the terminal emulation programs shown in the curriculum.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
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21. Select the most appropriate access method for each scenario.
22. In hierarchical order from most basic to most specialized, list the major CLI modes.
a.
b.
c.
d.
23. Which CLI mode is designed to allow a technician to configure settings on the device that
affect the device as a whole?
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24. List and explain the two primary CLI modes of operation.
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25. What is the default router User EXEC mode prompt?
25. What is the default switch Privileged EXEC mode prompt?
26. What is the command to move the device from privileged EXEC mode to global
configuration mode?
27. What is the default router global configuration mode prompt?
28. What command is used to enter Privileged EXEC Mode from the User EXEC mode?
29. If you are in global configuration mode on a switch and type exit, Ctrl+Z, or end what will
your prompt look like?
30. If you are in privileged EXEC mode on a router and type exit what will your prompt be?
31. Place a check beside the commands that have the correct structure and syntax.
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_______ Router>ping 10.250.1.1
_______ Router> ping 192.168.10.12
_______ Switch#traceroute 172.32.50.1
_______ Switch#traceroute172.32.50.1
_______ Switch(config-if) description Research and Development
_______ Switch(config-if)description Research and Development
_______ Switch(config-if)descriptionResearch and Development
_______ Router(config)hostnameRouter1
_______ Router(config) hostnameRouter1
_______ Router(config)hostname Router1
32. What is the Cisco IOS Command Reference?
33. Based on the sample commands shown explain the output results from the ?.
a. Router#cl?
clear clock
b. Router#clock set ?
hh:mm:ss Current Time
c. Router#clock set 21:25:00 ?
<1-31> Day of the month
MONTH Month of the year
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34. List and explain the three different types of error messages.
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35. Explain the following shortcut commands.
a. Down Arrow –
b. Up Arrow –
c. Tab –
d. Ctrl-Z –
e. Ctrl-C –
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36. What does the Router#show running-config command display?
37. When a command returns more output than can be displayed on a single screen, the
--More-- prompt appears at the bottom of the screen. List and explain two keyboard options
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38. What does the Router# show version command display?
2.2 Getting Basic
39. Why is a Cisco IOS switch one of the simplest devices that can be configured on a network?
40. Explain in detail why it is important to name all your networking devices.
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41. What are the recommended guidelines for naming conventions?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
42. What CLI command keyword will undo or remove the effects of a command?
43. What is the primary defense against unauthorized access to network devices?
44. Explain what each of the following passwords protects.
a. Enable password –
b. Enable secret –
c. Console password –
d. VTY password –
45. What commands are required to install a password on a routers console port?
a.
b.
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c.
46. Review the following set of CLI commands used to protect telnet access.
What do the numbers 0 15 indicate?
Switch(config)# line vty 0 15
Switch(config-line)# password cisco
Switch(config-line)# login
47. If the command was Switch(config)# line vty 0 4 what would this indicate?
48. Explain in detail what the service password encryption command does?
(more than one
sentence)
49. Explain why are banners an important?
50. Examine the CLI command shown.
Switch(config)# banner motd # Authorized Users Only! #
Explain the banner motd delimiting character?
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51. What is the running configuration?
52. Where is the running configuration file stored while in use?
53. What are the options that are available after making changes to the running configuration?
a.
b.
c.
54. What is the startup configuration file?
55. Where is the startup configuration file stored?
56. What commands are necessary to delete the startup configuration file on a router and
return it to its factory default settings?
a.
b.
57. What commands are needed to remove the startup file from a switch and return it to its
factory default settings?
a.
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b.
c.
58. In addition to saving running configurations to the startup configuration, configuration files
can also be saved and archived to a text document. What is the advantage of doing this?
2.3 Address Schemes
59. Explain the purpose of a subnet mask in IPv4.
60. What is a virtual interface?
61. What are the differences between various types of media.
a.
b.
c.
d.
62. Explain in detail what a switch virtual interface (SVIs) is.
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63. What is required to remotely access a switch using SVI?
a.
b.
64. What is a default gateway?
65. What is the purpose of a DNS server?
66. What does DHCP do?
67. Which devices typically use static IP addressing instead of DHCP?
a.
b.
68. What is the ping 127.0.0.1 command used for?
(don’t tell me it’s to ping yourself)
69. What is the purpose of using the show ip interface brief command on a switch or router?
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