HP ProCurve 2520 manual 9

Local Switch Software Replacement and Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16 Rebooting the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Operating Notes about Booting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18 Boot and Reload Command Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19 Setting the Default Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) . . . . . . 6-20 Booting from a Specified Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20 Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23 General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24 Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27

Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple

Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27 Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-28 Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-28 Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-30 Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31 Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-31 Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the

Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-34 Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-35 TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-35 TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-36

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-36

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37 Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37

Automatic Configuration Update with DHCP Option 66 . . . . . . . . 6-37CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-38 Possible Scenarios for Updating the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . 6-38 Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39 Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-39

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