Switch Memory and Configuration

Multiple Configuration Files

Figure 6-17. Example of Using One Startup-Config File for Both Primary andSecondary Flash

If you wanted to experiment with configuration changes to the software version in secondary flash, you could create and assign a separate startup­ config file for this purpose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first two commands copy the config1

 

 

 

 

startup-config file to config2, and then

 

 

 

 

make config2 the default startup-config

 

 

 

 

file for booting from secondary flash.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-18. Example of Creating and Assigning a New Startup-Config File

 

 

 

 

 

N o t e

 

You can also generate a new startup-config file by booting the switch from a

 

 

flash memory location from which you have erased the currently assigned

 

 

startup-config file. Refer to “Erasing a Startup-Config File” in the next section.

 

 

 

 

 

Erasing a Startup-Config File

You can erase any of the startup-config files in the switch’s memory slots. In some cases, erasing a file causes the switch to generate a new, default- configuration file for the affected memory slot.

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