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IOS CLI and initial device configuration

Take a factory-fresh router and switch to a secured, addressed and saved baseline, and learn the IOS command line you will use in every other lab.

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In your workspace: Shared, then CCNA 200-301 guided labs, then 01 - IOS CLI and initial device configuration

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Level
Beginner
Time
About 50 minutes
Nodes need
3 vCPU, 3,072 MB
Smallest plan
Lite

The scenario

Harbour Coffee is opening its first shop. The router (R1) and switch (S1) have just been unboxed, and the till PC (PC1) is plugged into the switch. Nothing is configured: the devices still call themselves Router and Switch, anyone can walk up to the console and make changes, and nothing has an IP address.

Your job is to give both devices a secure, documented baseline, put them on the shop LAN, prove that the PC can reach them, and save your work so it survives a reboot.

DeviceInterfaceAddressConnects to
R1Gi0/110.1.1.1/24S1 Gi0/0
S1VLAN 1 (SVI)10.1.1.2/24, gateway 10.1.1.1–
S1Gi0/1(switch port)PC1
PC1eth010.1.1.10/24, gateway 10.1.1.1S1 Gi0/1

Topology: R1 Gi0/1 — S1 Gi0/0 · S1 Gi0/1 — PC1.

What you’ll practise

  • Move between user EXEC, privileged EXEC, global and interface configuration modes and use the built-in help
  • Read show version, show running-config and show ip interface brief
  • Secure privileged EXEC, the console and remote lines with secrets, passwords and a local user
  • Address a router interface and a switch management SVI, with a default gateway
  • Configure a VPCS host, test end to end and save the configuration

The tasks

  1. Find your way around the command line
  2. Name the devices and stop the DNS pause
  3. Lock down privileged EXEC and the console
  4. Create a local administrator for remote logins
  5. Bring up the router's LAN interface
  6. Give the switch a management address
  7. Configure the PC and test end to end
  8. Save your work

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of IOS CLI and initial device configuration3 nodes, 2 links. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.R1S1PC1Gi0/1Gi0/0Gi0/1eth0
3 nodes, with the interface names each link uses. On a narrow screen, scroll the diagram sideways.
Every link, as text
  • R1 Gi0/1 to S1 Gi0/0
  • S1 Gi0/1 to PC1 eth0
Nodes in IOS CLI and initial device configuration, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
R1Cisco IOSvvios-adventerprisek9-m.SPA.159-3.M61 vCPU, 1,024 MB
S1Cisco IOSvL2viosl2-adventerprisek9-m.ssa.high_iron_202009291 vCPU, 1,024 MB
PC1VPCS hostBuilt in to EVE-NGCounted as 1 vCPU, 1,024 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder CCNA 200-301 guided labs.

  3. Open 01 - IOS CLI and initial device configuration and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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