The corporate office sends you a new router to connect, but upon connecting the console cable, you see that there is already a configuration on the router. What should be done before a new configuration is entered in the router?

A RAM should be erased and the router restarted
B Flash should be erased and the router restarted
C NVRAM should be erased and the router restarted
D The new configuration should be entered and saved

Correct Answer: NVRAM should be erased and the router restarted

Before you start to configure the router, you should erase the NVRAM with the erase startup-config command and then reload the router using the reload command.

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