ICND—Operating and Configuring a Cisco IOS Device

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Purpose: This slide introduce startup process on Cisco routers and switches.

Emphasize: Paraphrase or restate the three points and make sure your students
follow the description. This description is necessary to keep a common perspective
of what is occurring on first the switch and then the router; these three steps should
be an anchor to return to as needed.

This overview of what happens with Cisco network device start up transitions to the
next topic: Where are the sources for configuration software?