After the booting process is completed, and we press Enter, the router enters into User Exec mode with User prompt. The various command modes supported by a Cisco router are as follows:Īs soon as the router is turned on, it starts decompressing the IOS image to the RAM and we gain access to the router command-line interface. It employs different operating modes or prompts to execute various CLI commands. The Cisco router works in a command-line interface.
In this article, we will discuss the different operating modes of a Cisco router.
