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200-201 Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps for initial configuration…
Drag and drop the steps for initial configuration of a Cisco IOS device after booting into the correct order.
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Step 1: Enter privileged EXEC mode (enable), Step 2: Enter global configuration mode (configure terminal), Step 3: Set hostname (hostname name), Step 4: Set enable secret (enable secret password), Step 5: Save the running configuration (copy running-config startup-config).
After booting, you must enter privileged mode, then global config, set hostname, set enable secret, and save.
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Step 1: Enter privileged EXEC mode (enable), Step 2: Enter global configuration mode (configure terminal), Step 3: Set hostname (hostname name), Step 4: Set enable secret (enable secret password), Step 5: Save the running configuration (copy running-config startup-config).
Why this is correct
This is the correct sequence because you must first access privileged mode to enter global configuration, then configure basic settings like hostname and security, and finally save the configuration to make it persistent.
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Step 1: Enter global configuration mode, Step 2: Enter privileged EXEC mode, Step 3: Set hostname, Step 4: Set enable secret, Step 5: Save the running configuration.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because you cannot enter global configuration mode directly from user EXEC mode; you must first enter privileged EXEC mode.
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Step 1: Enter privileged EXEC mode, Step 2: Enter global configuration mode, Step 3: Set enable secret, Step 4: Set hostname, Step 5: Save the running configuration.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because setting the enable secret before the hostname is not logically wrong but less typical; however, the enable secret can be set after hostname, and there is no dependency, but the common best practice is to set hostname first. More importantly, the sequence disrupts the typical workflow.
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Step 1: Enter privileged EXEC mode, Step 2: Enter global configuration mode, Step 3: Set hostname, Step 4: Save the running configuration, Step 5: Set enable secret.
Why it's wrong here
This is incorrect because saving the configuration before setting the enable secret means the enable secret will not be saved, potentially leaving the device without password protection after reload.
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