Chapter 8
Managing Cisco Devices

The following ICND1 exam topics are covered in this chapter:

1. x5.0 Infrastructure Management
   1. 5.2 Configure and verify device management
      1. 5.2.c Licensing
   2. 5.5 Perform device maintenance
      1. 5.5.a Cisco IOS upgrades and recovery (SCP, FTP, TFTP, and MD5 verify)
      2. 5.5.b Password recovery and configuration register
      3. 5.5.c File system management

Here in Chapter 8, I’m going to show you how to ­manage Cisco routers on an internetwork. The Internetwork Operating System (IOS) and configuration files reside in ­different locations in a Cisco device, so it’s really important to understand both where these files are located and how they work.

You’ll be learning about the configuration register, including how to use the ­configuration register for password recovery.

Finally, I’ll cover how to verify licenses on the ISRG2 routers as well as how to install a permanent license and configure evaluation features in...