Enterasys Networks X-PeditionTM manual Configuration Save Options, Bulk Configuration Management

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Utilizing the Command Line Interface

Configuration Save Options

There are several options available regarding configuration:

•If you want to make your running configuration the new startup configuration, you can save it to Flash memory with the copy running-configstartup-configcommand.

•If you want to convert your startup configuration into the running configuration, you can issue the reload command which reboots the XSR and reloads the startup configuration.

•If you want to save the startup configuration to a remote site using a TFTP server, issue the copy startup-config tftp: command. See the associated command below.

•If you want to load the configuration manually from a remote site using a TFTP server, issue the copy tftp: startup-configcommand. Refer to “Bulk Configuration Management” on page 2-27for more information about this and the previous command.

•If you want to copy your entire startup configuration including encoded files to a remote site, issue the copy flash: full-config tftp:<any_name> command when backing up the XSR, and the copy tftp:<any_name> flash:full-configcommand when restoring the XSR.

Refer to “Full-config Backup” on page 2-28for more details about the command.

To view the running-config, use the show running-configcommand. To view the startup- config, issue the more startup-configcommand.

For more command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Using File System Commands

A set of MS-DOS compatible commands are available for use in conjunction with configuration files. The XSR has a file system residing in the XSR’s non-volatile memory.

You can copy files with the copy command, remove files with the delete command, display files with the more command, verify a packed software image file with the verify command, and change and list directory contents with the cd and dir commands, respectively. For more command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Bulk Configuration Management

The XSR can be configured in one action by storing CLI commands as a script in an ASCII file then transferring the file to the router remotely using TFTP or locally from cflash:. There is a limitation in the size of the stored file, though. If the file is larger than the limit, then the download operation will abort producing an error message.

Downloading the Configuration

Downloading transfers a script file remotely from a server to the XSR’s startup configuration using TFTP or locally from cflash:. The ASCII-format script can include comments delineated by an exclamation mark.

To perform the task correctly, the TFTP server must be running on a remote device with the configuration file residing in the TFTP root directory of the server. You can then enter the copy startup-config tftp: command in EXEC mode to copy the configuration file from the server to the XSR. Alternately, the file must first be loaded in cflash: then copied to flash: with the copy

command.

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