Saturday, August 4, 2012

Booting Sequence of ROUTER

POST --> ROM --> Flash  --> NVRAM --> RAM



1. POST       (power on self test Checks the hardware)

2. ROM       (The rom loads the bootstrap programs and searches for the IOS)

3. FLASH   (IOS from Flash is loaded)

4. NVRAM ( The startup configuration is loaded form the NVRAM)

5. RAM       (Boot process is completed as everything is loaded into the RAM)

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