Installation guide

xxiv Cisco 4000 Series Installation Guide

Document Organization

The major sections of this user guide are as follows:

• Chapter 1, “Overview of the Cisco 4000 Series Routers,” contains an overview of the

Cisco 4000 series features and physical speciﬁcations.

• Chapter 2, “Preparing to Install Cisco 4000 Series Routers,” includes safety

recommendations, site requirements, the Installation Checklist and Site Log, tools and

equipment, and instructions for inspecting the new system.

• Chapter 3, “Conﬁguring the Cisco 4000 Series Chassis,” describes how to access the

internal components of the router, replace network processor modules, and install the

component tray.

• Chapter 4, “Making External Connections to Cisco 4000 Series Routers,” describes slot

numbering and unit numbering, console and auxiliary port connections, and each kind

of network connection: Ethernet, Token Ring, serial, G.703/G.704, Fiber Distributed

Data Interface (FDDI), Basic Rate Interface (BRI), channelized T1/Integrated Services

Digital Network (ISDN) Primary Rate Interface (PRI), channelized E1/ISDN PRI, and

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM).

• Chapter 5, “Conﬁguring Cisco 4000 Series Software,” includes instructions for booting

the router for the ﬁrst time, using the enable secret and enable password, conﬁguring the

router, conﬁguring interfaces, checking the router conﬁguration, and saving the router

conﬁguration.

• Appendix A, “Troubleshooting the Initial Hardware Conﬁguration,” discusses

recovering a lost enable password, troubleshooting, environmental reporting features,

and problem solving using the LEDs.

• Appendix B, “Cabling Speciﬁcations for Cisco 4000 Series Routers,” provides cable

illustrations and pinouts for the console and auxiliary ports, and synchronous serial,

Ethernet, Token Ring, BRI, channelized T1 and channelized E1 cables.

• Appendix C, “Replacing Memory in Cisco 4000 Series Routers,” provides instructions

for replacing single in-line memory modules (SIMMs) and boot ROM chips.

• Appendix D, “Cisco 4000 Series Virtual Conﬁguration Register,” describes the

Cisco 4000-M virtual conﬁguration register and procedures for changing the

factory-default settings.