Switch Memory and Configuration

 

Using the Menu and Web Browser Interfaces To Implement Configuration Changes

 

 

N o t e

The only exception to this operation are two VLAN-related parameter changes

 

that require a reboot—described under “Rebooting To Activate Configuration

 

Changes” on page 5-10.

 

Using Save and Cancel in the Menu Interface

 

 

For any configuration screen in the menu interface, the Save command:

 

1. Implements the changes in the running-config file

 

2. Saves your changes to the startup-config file

 

If you decide not to save and implement the changes in the screen, select

 

Cancel to discard them and continue switch operation with the current oper­

 

ation. For example, suppose you have made the changes shown below in the

 

System Information screen:

To save and implement the changes for all parameters in this screen, press the

������� key, then press

���(for Save). To cancel all changes, press the ������� key, then press ��� (for Cancel)

 

Figure 5-3. Example of Pending Configuration Changes that Can Be Saved or

 

Cancelled

 

 

N o t e

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

 

without executing a write memory command, those changes are stored only in

 

the running configuration (even if you execute a Save operation in the menu

 

interface). If you then execute a switch reboot command in the menu inter-

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