Brocade Communications Systems IP250 CLI command guidelines, Copying a product configuration

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CLI command guidelines

When adding CLI commands to the configuration, use the following guidelines:

•Only configuration templates can be added to a template defined in the CLI Template dialog box.

•Templates can be nested and the same template can be included several times as long as it does not cause a circular dependency.

•Targets for deployment are only retrieved from the template you create, not any included templates.

•Only configuration- level commands, those that you enter when you are in the configure terminal mode, can be included in a device configuration. For example, you can enter the snmp-server contact Administrator command, but you cannot enter a show run command.

•Before you execute the reload or copy tftp commands, you must execute the exit command to exit the config terminal.

•Do not enter a configure terminal command. The Management application automatically assumes the commands you enter are under the configuration level.

•Add a space or a tab at the beginning of a command that is sublevel to the configuration command. For example, to enter the command for an interface in the device CLI, enter the following commands:

interface e 2/8 port-name Interleaf

•To save the configuration to the device running configuration, either end the configuration with the write memory command or deploy the definition using the CLI configuration payload in the Configuration Wizard.

Copying a product configuration

To copy an existing configuration to create a new one, complete the following steps.

1.Select Configure > CLI Configuration. The CLI Configuration dialog box displays.

2.Click the Configuration tab.

3.Select the configuration you want to copy in the Configuration table and click Duplicate. The CLI Configuration Template dialog box displays.

4.Complete step 3 through step 4 from the “Creating a new product configuration” on page 779.

5.Review your entries on all the template tabs and choose one of the following options:

•Click OK to save the configuration and add it to the list of configurations on the Configuration tab. The new definition can be added to a configuration payload in the Configuration Wizard and deployed later.

To test the configuration, refer to “Testing a configuration” on page 789.

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