Quick Steps for Applying Configuration Files

Working With Configuration Files

 

 

 

 

Quick Steps for Applying Configuration Files

Setting a File for Immediate Application

In this example, the configuration file configfile_1 exists on the switch in the /flash directory. When these steps are followed, the file will be immediately applied to the switch.

1Verify that there are no timer sessions pending on the switch.

-> show configuration status

File configuration: none scheduled

2Apply the file by executing the configuration apply command, followed by the path and file name. If the configuration file is accepted with no errors, the CLI responds with a system prompt.

-> configuration apply /flash/configfile_1.txt ->

Note. Optional. You can specify verbose mode when applying a configuration file to the switch. When the keyword verbose is specified in the command line, all syntax contained in the configuration file is printed to the console. (When verbose is not specified in the command line, cursory information—number of errors and error log file name—will be printed to the console only if a syntax or configuration error is detected.)

To verify that the file was applied, enter the show configuration status command. The display is similar to the one shown here.

-> show configuration status

File configuration </flash/configfile_1.txt>: completed with 0 errors

For more information about this display, see “Configuration File Manager Commands” in the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.

Setting an Application Session for a Date and Time

You can set a timed session to following example applies the

apply a configuration file at a specific date and time in the future. The bncom_cfg.txt file at 9:00 a.m. on July 4 of the current year.

1Verify that there are no current timer sessions pending on the switch.

-> show configuration status

File configuration: none scheduled

2Apply the file by executing the configuration apply using the at keyword with the relevant date and time.

-> configuration apply bncom_cfg.txt at 09:00 04 july

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