Managing Your Network Device

This chapter covers important IOS features that you can use to manage your IOS device. Many of these features are supported across all IOS devices, but some of them are supported on only certain devices. This chapter focuses on these features as they relate to Cisco routers, beginning with how the router boots up, finds its operating system, and loads its configuration file, as well as how to back up and restore your IOS image. There are many tools that you can use on your router for troubleshooting connection problems, including the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), ping, trace, telnet, and debug. These tools are discussed at the...