You now have successfully completed the lab objectives for this chapter. You have learned how to control the router boot sequence and have configured R1 to boot from TFTP and then Flash. You have seen how to manage Cisco IOS Software images and configuration files, and you have used a TFTP server to back up as well as upgrade Cisco IOS Software images and configuration files within your network. Table 16-1 is a command summary, reviewing the commands used throughout the chapter.
Table 16-1. Chapter Command Summary
Command | Purpose |
boot system tftp | Specifies that the router should load the system image from a TFTP server at startup |
boot system flash | Specifies that the router should load the system image from Flash at startup |
Reload | Reloads the Cisco IOS Software |
show flash | Displays any files currently in Flash memory and shows the amounts of Flash memory used and remaining |
show version | Displays the names and sources of configuration files and the boot images |
copy flash tftp | Copies a Cisco IOS Software image from Flash to a TFTP server |
copy tftp flash | Copies a Cisco IOS Software image from a TFTP server to Flash |
copy running-config tftp | Copies the running config to a TFTP server |
copy tftp startup-config | Copies a configuration file from a TFTP server to the startup config |