Switch Memory and Configuration

Multiple Configuration Files

Figure 6-19illustrates using erase config < filename > to remove a startup-config file.

Figure 6-19. Example of Erasing a Non-Active Startup-Config File

With the same memory configuration as is shown in the bottom portion of figure 6-19,executing erase startup-configboots the switch from primary flash, resulting in a new file named minconfig in the same memory slot. The new file contains the default configuration for the software version currently in pri­ mary flash.

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset theSwitch to Its Default Configuration

The Clear + Reset button combination described in the Installation and Getting Started Guide produces these results. That is, when you press the Clear + Reset button combination, the switch:

Overwrites the content of the startup-config file currently in memory slot 1 with the default configuration for the software version in primary flash, and renames this file to config1.

Erases any other startup-config files currently in memory.

Configures the new file in memory slot 1 as the default for both primary and secondary flash locations (regardless of the software version currently in secondary flash).

Boots the switch from primary flash using the new startup-config file.

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