Switch Memory and Configuration

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement Configuration Changes

Rebooting To Activate Configuration Changes. Configuration changes for most parameters become effective as soon as you save them. However, you must reboot the switch in order to implement a change in the Maximum VLANs to support parameter.

(To access these parameters, go to the Main menu and select 2. Switch Configuration, then 8. VLAN Menu, then 1. VLAN Support.)

If configuration changes requiring a reboot have been made, the switch displays an asterisk (*) next to the menu item in which the change has been made. For example, if you change and save parameter values for the Maximum VLANs to support parameter, an asterisk appears next to the VLAN Support entry in the VLAN Menu screen, and also next to the Switch Configuration . . . entry in the Main menu, as shown in figure 4-6:

Asterisk indicates

aconfiguration change that

requires a reboot in order to take effect.

Reminder to reboot the switch to activate configuration changes.

Figure 6-6. Indication of a Configuration Change Requiring a Reboot

 

Configuration Changes Using the Web Browser

 

Interface

 

You can use the web browser interface to simultaneously save and implement

 

a subset of switch configuration changes without having to reboot the switch.

 

That is, when you save a configuration change (in most cases, by clicking on

 

Apply Changes or Apply Settings, you simultaneously change both the running­

 

config file and the startup-config file.

 

 

N o t e

If you reconfigure a parameter in the CLI and then go to the browser interface

 

without executing a write memory command, those changes will be saved to

 

the startup-config file if you click on Apply Changes or Apply Settings in the web

 

browser interface.

 

 

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