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2-80 Startup and General Configuration

Managing Configuration and Image Files

MatrixSeriesdevicesprovideasingleconfigurationinterfacewhichallowsyoutoperformboth
switchandrouterconfigurationwiththesamecommandset.Thedevicealsoprovidesredundant,
distributedcopiesofeachimagefileintheeventthatDFEmodulesareaddedorremovedfrom
theMatrixchassis.WhenmanagingconfigurationandimagefilesontheMatrixSeriesdevice,itis
importanttorememberthefollowingconsiderations:
•Allmoduleswillhavethesameimagefilesloaded.Ifamoduleisinsertedintoachassis,any
imagesuniquetothatmodulewillbedeleted,andanyimagesnotonthatmodulewillbe
copiedtoit.
• Configurationfilesarestoredperslot,witheachslotinthechassiscarryinguniquefileswith
itandnotinheritingfiles.
TheMatrixSeriesdevicesnowsupportascriptfeaturethatallowsyoutoexecuteapreviously
createdscriptfilecontainingCLIcommands,andatthetimeofexecution,enteroptional
argumentsthatmodifytheactionsofthecommands.Thisfeatureisintendedtosimplifythe
configurationofportsandVLANs,bycreatingscriptfilescontaininggroupsofcommandsthat
youwanttorunonthesameportstringorVLANid.Atthetimeofexecution,youpassinthe
portstring,VLANid,andanyotherrequiredargumentsthatyouwantthecommandstooperate
on.Refertothescriptcommand,scriptonpage 288.
Thefollowingsectiondescribesthecommandsetformanagingbothswitchandrouter
configuration.
Fordetailsonperformingabasicroutingconfiguration(whileoperatinginroutermode),referto
PerformingaBasicRouterConfigurationonpage 1611.
Fordetailsondownloadinganewfirmwareimage,refertoDownloadingaNewFirmware
Imageonpage 272.
Fordetailsonreviewingandselectingthebootfirmwareimage,refertoReviewingandSelecting
aBootFirmwareImageonpage 272.
Purpose
Toview,manage,andexecuteconfigurationandimagefiles.
Commands
Note: The commands described in this section manage both switch and router configuration
parameters, but must be executed from the switch CLI.
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dir 2-81
show file 2-83
show config 2-85
configure 2-86
copy 2-86
delete 2-87
script 2-88