Specifications

Ethernet Interface Processor (EIP) Installation and Configuration 25

Configuring the Interfaces

Using the EXEC Command Interpreter

Before you use the conﬁgure command, you must enter the privileged level of the EXEC command

interpreter with the enable command. The system will prompt you for a password if one has been

set.

The system prompt for the privileged level ends with a pound sign (#) instead of an angle bracket

(>). At the console terminal, enter the privileged level as follows:

Step 1 At the user-level EXEC prompt, enter the enable command. The EXEC prompts you for a

privileged-level password, as follows:

Router> enable

Password:

Step 2 Enter the password (the password is case sensitive). For security purposes, the password is

not displayed.

Step 3 When you enter the correct password, the system displays the privileged-mode system

prompt (#) as follows:

Router#

Proceed to the following section to conﬁgure the new interfaces.

Using the Conﬁgure Command

Following are instructions for a basic conﬁguration: enabling an interface and specifying IP routing

on an Ethernet interface. You might also need to enter other conﬁguration subcommands, depending

upon the requirements for your system conﬁguration and the protocols you plan to route on the

interface. For complete descriptions of conﬁguration subcommands and the conﬁguration options

available for Ethernet interfaces, refer to the Cisco 7000 Addendum to the Router Products

Conﬁguration and Reference and the Router Products Conﬁguration and Reference publications.

In the router, physical port addresses specify the actual physical location of each interface port on

the router interface processor end. (See Figure 15.) The address is composed of a two-part number

in the format slot/port number. The ﬁrst number identiﬁes the slot in which the interface processor

is installed (0 through 2, beginning at the bottom slot, as shown in Figure 15). The second number

identiﬁes the physical port number on the interface processor. The ports on each interface processor

are numbered sequentially from left to right beginning with the port 0.