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3 Configuration management tasks

Display the running configuration file

To display the running configuration, perform the following task from EXEC or privileged EXEC mode.

Enter the show running-config command.

switch#show running-config

Saving the running configuration file

This tasks causes the running configuration to become the default configuration. To save the running configuration, perform the following task from privileged EXEC mode.

Enter the copy command to copy the currently running configuration to the startup configuration.

switch#copy running-config startup-config

Loading the startup configuration file

If you wish to reverse the changes to the running configuration, this task reloads the default startup configuration, overwriting the running configuration.

To load the default configuration, perform the following command from privileged EXEC mode.

switch#copy startup-config running-config

Erasing the startup configuration file.

NOTE

This task does not affect the running configuration file.

To erase the startup configuration, perform the following command from privileged EXEC mode.

switch#write erase

Archiving the running configuration file

This tasks allows you to archive the running configuration to an archive folder on an FTP site, so that it can be stored without changing the startup configuration. To archive the running configuration file, perform the following task from privileged EXEC mode.

Enter the copy command to archive the running configuration file.

switch#copy running-config ftp://jsmith:password@10.24.48.51/archive/config_file]

Restore an archived running configuration file

To restore the running configuration, perform the following task from privileged EXEC mode. Enter the copy command to restore the running configuration file.

switch#copy running-config ftp://jsmith:password@10.24.48.51/archive/config_file]

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