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Cisco IOS Access and Navigation Guide

The document outlines Cisco IOS access methods, including GUI and CLI, emphasizing the user-friendly nature of GUIs and the importance of CLI for network technicians. It details access methods such as console, SSH, and Telnet, along with terminal emulation programs like PuTTY. Additionally, it describes primary command modes in IOS, including User EXEC, Privileged EXEC, and various configuration modes.

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Cisco IOS Access and Navigation Guide

The document outlines Cisco IOS access methods, including GUI and CLI, emphasizing the user-friendly nature of GUIs and the importance of CLI for network technicians. It details access methods such as console, SSH, and Telnet, along with terminal emulation programs like PuTTY. Additionally, it describes primary command modes in IOS, including User EXEC, Privileged EXEC, and various configuration modes.

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Cisco IOS Access

GUI
• A GUI allows the user to
interact with the system using
an environment of graphical
icons, menus, and windows.
• A GUI is more user-friendly and
requires less knowledge of the
underlying command structure
that controls the system.
• Examples of these are:
Windows, macOS, Linux KDE,
Apple iOS and Android.
• GUIs can fail, crash, or simply
not operate as specified. For
these reasons, network devices
are typically accessed through a
Cisco IOS Access

Purpose of an OS
CLI-based network operating system enables a
PC operating system enables a user network technician to do the following:
to do the following: • Use a keyboard to run CLI-based network
• Use a mouse to make selections and run programs
programs • Use a keyboard to enter text and text-
• Enter text and text-based commands based commands
• View output on a monitor • View output on a monitor
Cisco IOS Access
Access Methods
• Console – A physical
management port used to
access a device in order to
provide maintenance, such as
performing the initial
configurations.
• Secure Shell (SSH) – Establishes
a secure remote CLI connection
to a device, through a virtual
interface, over a network. (Note:
This is the recommended method for remotely
connecting to a device.)
• Telnet – Establishes an insecure
remote CLI connection to a
device over the network. (Note:
User authentication, passwords and commands
Cisco IOS Access

Terminal Emulation Programs


• Terminal emulation programs are used to connect to a network device by either a console port or by
an SSH/Telnet connection.
• There are several terminal emulation programs to chose from such as PuTTY, Tera Term and
SecureCRT.
2.2 IOS Navigation

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IOS Navigation

Primary Command Modes


User EXEC Mode:
• Allows access to only a
limited number of basic
monitoring commands
• Identified by the CLI prompt
that ends with the > symbol

Privileged EXEC Mode:


• Allows access to all commands and
features
• Identified by the CLI prompt that
ends with the # symbol
IOS Navigation
Configuration Mode and Subconfiguration
Modes
Global Configuration Mode:
• Used to access configuration
options on the device

Line Configuration Mode:


• Used to configure console,
SSH, Telnet or AUX access

Interface Configuration Mode:


• Used to configure a switch port
or router interface
IOS Navigation
Video – IOS CLI Primary Command Modes

This video will cover the following:


• User EXEC mode
• Privilege EXEC mode
• Global Config mode

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