Cisco ASR 903 Initial Configuration

This chapter guides you through a basic configuration, which is sufficient for you to access your network. Complex configuration procedures are beyond the scope of this publication and can be found in the modular configuration and modular command reference publications in the Cisco IOS software configuration documentation set that corresponds to the software release installed on your Cisco hardware.

To configure the Cisco ASR 903 router from a console, you need to connect a terminal to the console port.

Checking Conditions Prior to System Startup

Ensure that the following conditions are addressed before starting up the:

  • The Route Switch Processor (RSP) is installed.
  • The optional Gigabit Ethernet Management port cable is installed.
  • The chassis is securely mounted and grounded.
  • The power and interface cables are connected.
  • Your PC with terminal emulation program (hyperTerminal or equivalent) is connected to the console port and powered up.
  • Your PC with terminal emulation program is configured for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop-bit, no parity, and flow control is set to none.
  • You have selected passwords for access control.
  • Captive installation screws are tight on all removable components.
  • The console terminal is turned on.
  • You have determined the IP addresses for the Ethernet and serial interfaces.
  • Empty card slots or card bays are filled with card blanks. This ensures proper air flow through the chassis and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC).

Powering Up the Cisco ASR 903 Router

Make certain that all card slots and compartments are closed off. Install blank faceplates on any empty slots. Always have power supply slots filled. If you leave a power supply slot uncovered, then you risk exposure to hazardous voltages on the power pins on the midplane.


Warning

Blank faceplates and cover panels serve three important functions: they prevent exposure to hazardous voltages and currents inside the router; they contain electromagnetic interference (EMI) that might disrupt other equipment; and they direct the flow of cooling air through the router. Do not operate the system unless all cards, faceplates, front covers, and rear covers are in place. Statement 1029

After installing your Cisco ASR 903 Router and connecting cables, start the router and follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Activate the DC power supply using the steps described in Activating the DC Power Supply.

Caution

 

Do not press any keys on the keyboard until the messages stop and the SYS PWR LED is solid green. Any keys pressed during this time are interpreted as the first command typed when the messages stop, which might cause the router to power off and start over. It takes a few minutes for the messages to stop.

Step 2

Observe the initialization process. When the system boot is complete (the process takes a few seconds), the Cisco ASR 903 Router RSP begins to initialize.

Note

 

This is only an example of what can display. The system boots differently depending upon the configuration that ships with your system.

Example:

Loading the Default System Boot Image 
rommon 1 >
rommon 1 > boot
Located rp_super.ppc.nader.5g.evfc.bin
Image size 211681484 inode num 12, bks cnt 51681 blk size 8*512
#######################################################################################
#############################################
Boot image size = 211681484 (0xc9e00cc) bytes
 
Using midplane macaddr
Package header rev 0 structure detected
Calculating SHA-1 hash...done
validate_package: SHA-1 hash:
calculated 479a7d62:6c128ba8:3616b8da:93cb3224:5c1aeb34
expected 479a7d62:6c128ba8:3616b8da:93cb3224:5c1aeb34
Image validated
 
 
PPC/IOS XE loader version: 0.0.3
loaded at: 00800000 0D1E2004
image at: 00807673 009B8C69
initrd at: 009B9000 01006219
isord at: 01007000 0D1DF800
avail ram: 00400000 00800000
 
Kernel load:
Uncompressing image... dst: 00000000 lim: 00400000 start: 00807673 size: 001B15F6...done.
Now booting the IOS XE kernel
 
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Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.
 
cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706
 
 
Router# show version
 
Cisco IOS Software, IOS-XE Software (PPC_LINUX_IOSD-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 12.2(33)XNA, RELEASE SOFTWARE
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2008 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 01-May-08 00:29 by mcpre
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All rights reserved. Certain components of Cisco IOS-XE software are
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with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. You can redistribute and/or modify such
GPL code under the terms of GPL Version 2.0. For more details, see the
documentation or "License Notice" file accompanying the IOS-XE software,
or the applicable URL provided on the flyer accompanying the IOS-XE
software.
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http://www.cisco.com/wwl/export/crypto/tool/stqrg.html
 
If you require further assistance please contact us by sending email to
export@cisco.com.
 
cisco ASR903 processor with 541737K/6147K bytes of memory.
4 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
32768K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
1869396K bytes of physical memory.
7798783K bytes of eUSB flash at bootflash:.
 
 
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
 
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no
 
 
Press RETURN to get started!
 
 
*Feb 19 17:34:27.361: % Error opening nvram:/ifIndex-table No such file or directory
*Feb 19 17:34:28.235: %ASR1000_MGMTVRF-6-CREATE_SUCCESS_INFO: Management vrf Mgmt-intf created with ID 4085, ipv4 table-id 0xFF5, ipv6 table-id 0x1E000001
*Feb 19 17:34:29.720: %PARSER-4-BADCFG: Unexpected end of configuration file.
 
*Feb 19 17:34:29.809: %NETCLK-5-NETCLK_MODE_CHANGE: Network clock source not available. The network clock has changed to freerun
 
*Feb 19 17:34:10.138: %CPPHA-7-SYSREADY: F0: cpp_ha: CPP client process FMAN-FP (5 of 5) ready.
*Feb 19 17:34:29.824: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet0, changed state to up
*Feb 19 17:34:10.269: %IOSXE-6-PLATFORM: F0: cpp_cp: cpp_mlp_svr_client_bind: cpp_mlp_svr_ifm_init() successful
*Feb 19 17:34:10.362: %CPPHA-7-START: F0: cpp_ha: CPP 0 preparing image /usr/cpp/bin/cpp-mcplo-ucode
*Feb 19 17:34:10.473: %CPPHA-7-START: F0: cpp_ha: CPP 0 startup init image /usr/cpp/bin/cpp-mcplo-ucode
*Feb 19 17:34:14.688: %CPPHA-7-START: F0: cpp_ha: CPP 0 running init image /usr/cpp/bin/cpp-mcplo-ucode
*Feb 19 17:34:14.919: %CPPHA-7-READY: F0: cpp_ha: CPP 0 loading and initialization complete
*Feb 19 17:34:14.919: %CPPHA-6-SYSINIT: F0: cpp_ha: CPP HA system configuration start.
*Feb 19 17:34:15.179: %IOSXE-6-PLATFORM: F0: cpp_cp: Process CPP_PFILTER_EA_EVENT__API_CALL__REGISTER
*Feb 19 17:34:15.286: %CPPHA-6-SYSINIT: F0: cpp_ha: CPP HA system enabled.
*Feb 19 17:34:15.287: %CPPHA-6-SYSINIT: F0: cpp_ha: CPP HA system initializaton complete.
*Feb 19 17:34:30.823: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0, changed state to down
*Feb 19 17:35:12.865: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0, changed state to administratively down
*Feb 19 17:35:12.865: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1, changed state to administratively down
*Feb 19 17:35:12.865: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2, changed state to administratively down
*Feb 19 17:35:12.865: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/3, changed state to administratively down
*Feb 19 17:35:13.865: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0, changed state to down
*Feb 19 17:35:13.865: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/1, changed state to down
*Feb 19 17:35:13.866: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/2, changed state to down
*Feb 19 17:35:13.866: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface GigabitEthernet0/0/3, changed state to down
*Feb 19 17:35:19.167: %ASR1000_OIR-6-REMSPA: SPA removed from subslot 0/0, interfaces disabled
*Feb 19 17:35:19.171: %ASR1000_OIR-6-INSCARD: Card (fp) inserted in slot F0
*Feb 19 17:35:19.171: %ASR1000_OIR-6-ONLINECARD: Card (fp) online in slot F0
*Feb 19 17:35:19.187: %ASR1000_OIR-6-INSCARD: Card (cc) inserted in slot 0
*Feb 19 17:35:19.187: %ASR1000_OIR-6-ONLINECARD: Card (cc) online in slot 0
*Feb 19 17:35:19.189: %ASR1000_OIR-6-INSSPA: SPA inserted in subslot 0/0
*Feb 19 17:35:19.452: %SYS-5-RESTART: System restarted --
Cisco IOS Software, IOS-XE Software (PPC_LINUX_IOSD-ADVENTERPRISEK9-M), Version 12.2(33)XNA, RELEASE SOFTWARE
Technical Support: http://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2008 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 20-Dec-07 18:10 by mcpre
*Feb 19 17:35:19.455: %SYS-6-BOOTTIME: Time taken to reboot after reload = 78809 seconds
*Feb 19 17:35:19.551: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF
*Feb 19 17:35:19.551: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF
*Feb 19 17:35:21.669: %DYNCMD-7-CMDSET_LOADED: The Dynamic Command set has been loaded from the Shell Manager
*Feb 19 17:35:22.221: %CRYPTO-6-ISAKMP_ON_OFF: ISAKMP is OFF
Router>

During the boot process, observe the system LEDs. The LEDs on the shared port adapter go on and off in an irregular sequence. Once the router has booted, the green STATUS LED comes on and stays on.

Verifying the Front Panel LEDs

The front-panel indicator LEDs provide power, activity, and status information useful during bootup. For more detailed information about the LEDs, see Troubleshooting.

Verifying the Hardware Configuration

To display and verify the hardware features, enter the following commands:

  • show version —Displays the system hardware version; the installed software version; the names and sources of configuration files; the boot images; and the amount of installed DRAM, NVRAM, and flash memory.
  • show diag slot —Displays the IDPROM information for the assemblies in the router.

Checking Hardware and Software Compatibility

To check the minimum software requirements of the Cisco IOS software with the hardware installed on your Cisco ASR 903 Router, Cisco maintains the Software Advisor tool on Cisco.com. The tool provides the minimum Cisco IOS requirements for individual hardware modules and components.


Note
To access this tool, you must have a Cisco.com login account.

To access the Software Advisor, click Login at Cisco.com, type Software Advisor in the search box, and click Go . Click the link for the Software Advisor Tool.

Choose a product family or enter a specific product number to search for the minimum supported software needed for your hardware.

Configuring the Cisco ASR 903 Router at Startup

This section explains how to create a basic running configuration for your Cisco ASR 903 router.


Note
You need to acquire the correct network addresses from your system administrator or consult your network plan to determine correct addresses before you can complete the router configuration.

Before continuing the configuration process, check the current state of the router by entering the show version command. The show version command displays the release of Cisco IOS software that is available on the router.

For information on modifying the configuration after you create it, see the Cisco IOS configuration and command reference guides.

To configure a Cisco ASR 903 Router from the console, you must connect a terminal or terminal server to the console port on the Cisco ASR 903 Router RSP. To configure the Cisco ASR 903 Router using the management Ethernet port, you must have the router's IP address available.

Using the Console Interface

To access the command line interface using the console, follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Your system is booting and if you answer No, at the prompt:

Example:


         --- System Configuration Dialog ---
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: no

Step 2

Press Return to enter user EXEC mode. The following prompt appears:

Router>

Step 3

From user EXEC mode, enter the enable command as shown in the following example:

Router > enable

Step 4

At the password prompt, enter your system password. If an enable password has not been set on your system, this step may be skipped. The following example shows entry of the password called enablepass :

Password: enablepass

Step 5

When your enable password is accepted, the privileged EXEC mode prompt appears: #

Step 6

You now have access to the CLI in privileged EXEC mode and you can enter the necessary commands to complete your desired tasks. To exit the console session, enter the quit command as shown in the following example:

Example:


Router#quit

Configuring Global Parameters

When you first start the setup program, you must configure the global parameters. These parameters are used for controlling system-wide settings. Perform the following steps to enter the global parameters:

Procedure

Step 1

Connect a console terminal to the console port, and then boot the router.

Note

 
This is only an example of the output display; prompts may vary.

When you see this information, you have successfully booted your router:

Example:


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Rights clause at FAR sec. 52.227-19 and subparagraph
(c) (1) (ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
Software clause at DFARS sec. 252.227-7013.
 
cisco Systems, Inc.
170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, California 95134-1706
.
.
.
--- System Configuration Dialog ---
 
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]: yes
 
Press RETURN to get started!

Step 2

The first sections of the configuration script appear only at an initial system startup. On subsequent uses of the setup facility, the script begins with a System Configuration Dialog as shown below. When asked if you would like to enter the initial configuration dialog, enter yes.

Example:


Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no] yes

At any point you may enter a question mark '?' for help.
Use ctrl-c to abort configuration dialog at any prompt.
Default settings are in square brackets '[]'.

Basic management setup configures only enough connectivity for management of the system, extended setup will ask you to configure each interface on the system.

Basic management setup configures enough connectivity for managing the system; extended setup will ask you to configure each interface on the system. For detailed information about setting global parameters, refer to the Cisco ASR 903 Router Software Configuration Guide.

Checking the Running Configuration Settings

To check the value of the settings you have entered, enter the show running-config command at the Router# prompt: 


router# show running-config

To review the changes you make to the configuration, use the EXEC mode show startup-config command to see the changes and copy run-start stored in NVRAM.

The ROMMON variable is set from factory to boot the IOS as -“BOOT=bootflash:Image/packages.conf”. However, the boot command is not pre-configured.

As the boot command is not configured, the router boots to ROMMON mode after the first power cycle, and the following message is displayed: 


no valid BOOT image found
Final autoboot attempt from default boot device...
Located tracelogs.030
Image size 6181 inode num 13, bks cnt 2 blk size 8*512
Boot image size = 6181 (0x1825) bytes
Unknown image structure
boot: cannot determine first file name on device “bootflash:/”
rommon1>

To avoid the router booting into ROMMON state, it is highly recommended that you set the boot command prior to the first reload. 


router(config)# boot system flash bootflash:/Image/asr903rsp1-universalk9.x.x.x.-ext.bin

Saving the Running Configuration to NVRAM

To store the configuration or changes to your startup configuration in NVRAM, enter the copy running-config startup-config command at the # prompt:

Router# copy running-config startup-config

Using this command saves the configuration settings that you created in the router using configuration mode and the setup facility. If you fail to do this, your configuration will be lost the next time you reload the router.

Safely Powering Off the Cisco ASR 903 Router

This section explains how to shut down the Cisco ASR 903 Router. It is recommended that before turning off all power to the router, you issue the reload command. This insures that the operating system cleans up all the file systems. Once the reload operation is complete, then the Cisco ASR 903 Router can be powered off safely.

To remove power from the Cisco ASR 903 Router safely, follow this procedure and see the examples:

Procedure

Step 1

Slip on the ESD-preventive wrist strap that was included in the accessory kit.

Step 2

Enter the reload command.

Step 3

Confirm the reload command.

Example:


Rmcp-6ru-1#reload
Proceed with reload? [confirm]
Aug 17 00:06:47.051 R0/0: %PMAN-5-EXITACTION: Process manager is exiting: prs exit with reload chassis code

Step 4

After confirming the reload command, wait until the system bootstrap message displays before powering off the system.

Example:

System Bootstrap, Version 12.2(33r)XN2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Technical Support: tap://www.cisco.com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 2008 by cisco Systems, Inc.
 
Current image running: Boot ROM0
Last reset cause: LocalSoft
 
ASR1000-RP1 platform with 4194303 Kbytes of main memory
 
mcp-6ru-1-rp0-rommon 1>

Step 5

Remove any power cables from the Cisco ASR 903 Router.

  1. For power supplies with a circuit breaker switch, position the switch to the Off (O) position.

  2. For power supplies with a Standby switch, place the Standby switch in the Standby position.

    Note

     
    After powering off the , wait a minimum of 30 seconds before powering it on again.