Initial Configuration (Setup Mode)
Cisco IOS software supports two primary methods of giving a switch an initial basic configuration: configuration mode and setup mode. Setup mode leads a switch administrator through a basic router configuration by using questions that prompt the administrator for basic configuration parameters. Because configuration mode is required for most configuration tasks, most networking personnel quickly get comfortable with configuration mode and do not use setup at all. However, new users sometimes like to use setup mode, particularly until they become more familiar with the CLI configuration mode.
Just so you know how to get to setup mode, an engineer can get into setup mode in two ways. Figure 20-6 shows one of the ...
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