| Summary

| An understanding of the following key points should have been achieved: Identifying stages of the router boot sequence Identifying how the Cisco device locates and loads the Cisco IOS Using the boot system command Identifying the configuration register settings Troubleshooting problems Identifying the files used by the Cisco IOS and their functions Identifying the locations on the router of the different file types Identifying the parts of the IOS name Managing configuration files using TFTP Managing configuration files using copy-and-paste Managing IOS images with TFTP Managing IOS images with XModem Verifying the file system using show commands