Refer to the exhibit. A technician enters the exhibited commands to configure a new router on the plant floor, but receives an error message when attempting to save the configuration. What can the…

Question

Exhibit

Options

• AEnter the correct command.
• BEnter the command at the correct prompt.
• CUpgrade the amount of flash memory in the router.
• DErase NVRAM to make room for the configuration file.
• EAdd NVRAM because there is not enough room for the configuration file.

• A
  90% (26)
• D
  3% (1)
• E
  7% (2)

Explanation

Option A is correct because the error the technician receives is caused by mistyping or using incorrect syntax for the save command - the proper command to save a Cisco router's configuration is copy running-config startup-config (or write memory), and entering an invalid or misspelled variant produces an error that is resolved simply by entering the correct command.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is incorrect because the issue is the command itself, not the privilege level - if the technician were at the wrong prompt (e.g., user EXEC instead of privileged EXEC), the error would indicate insufficient privilege, not a syntax error.
• C is incorrect because flash memory stores the IOS operating system image, not the configuration file, so upgrading flash is irrelevant here.
• D is incorrect because erasing NVRAM would destroy the startup configuration - the opposite of what's needed - and NVRAM size is rarely the cause of a save error.
• E is incorrect because NVRAM has ample space for a standard configuration file; router configs are tiny (a few KB), and NVRAM capacity issues are essentially nonexistent in practice.

Memory tip: Think "Flash = IOS, NVRAM = Config" - whenever a save error appears on a Cisco question, look for a command typo or syntax issue before assuming a hardware limitation.

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