CHAPTER

7

Cisco IOS Basics

In this chapter, you will

•   Learn about interacting with the command-line interface (CLI)

•   Get familiar with the basics of IOS

•   Learn about basic IOS configuration

•   Learn about basic IOS security configuration

•   Learn some IOS operation and verification commands

This book emphasizes the fundamental and important concepts of accessing, configuring, and managing Cisco routers and switches through the command-line interface (CLI) and the console port. You’ll use commands and the console port connection to perform basic configuration of Cisco routers and switches.

These discussions assume that you have never configured a Cisco router or switch; we therefore begin with the basics—the operating system (OS) ...

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