HELL BID SC

November 12th, 2008 Jeremy L. Gaddis Leave a comment Go to comments

The first time that you boot up a Cisco router without a startup-configuration (for example, after a “write erase” and a “reload”), there are a list of commands that should be executed for a basic configuration of the router.

Remembering this list of commands is made easier by the acronym “HELL BID SC”:

  • hostname
  • enable secret
  • line con 0
  • line vty 0 4
  • banner motd
  • interfaces and descriptions
  • show running-config
  • copy run start

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    1. Aragoen Celtdra
      November 12th, 2008 at 18:54 | #1
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      Pretty cool! I can use that to polish my configuring skills. As someone who does not configure routers (or switches) on a regular basis, I sometimes find myself staring at the prompt when I start a device, trying to figure out what to configure first. But once I get started and warmed up, I seem to get in a roll quite immediately. Having this in mind will get me configuring right away.

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