Switch Memory and Configuration

 

 

 

Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes

 

 

 

N o t e

 

If you use the CLI to make a change to the running-config file, you should

 

 

either use the write memory command or select the save option allowed during

 

 

a reboot (figure 6-6-2, above) to save the change to the startup-config file. That

 

 

is, if you use the CLI to change a parameter setting, but then reboot the switch

 

 

from either the CLI or the menu interface without first executing the write

 

 

memory command in the CLI, the current startup-config file will replace the

 

 

running-config file, and any changes in the running-config file will be lost.

 

 

Using the Save command in the menu interface does not save a change made

 

 

to the running config by the CLI unless you have also made a configuration

 

 

change in the menu interface. Also, the menu interface displays the current

 

 

running-config values. Thus, where a parameter setting is accessible from both

 

 

the CLI and the menu interface, if you change the setting in the CLI, the new

 

 

value will appear in the menu interface display for that parameter. However,

 

 

as indicated above, unless you also make a configuration change in the

 

 

menu interface, only the write memory command in the CLI will actually save

 

 

the change to the startup-config file.

 

 

How To Reset the startup-config and running-config Files to the

 

 

 

 

Factory Default Configuration. This command reboots the switch,

 

 

replacing the contents of the current startup-config and running-config files

 

 

with the factory-default startup configuration.

 

 

Syntax:

erase startup-config

 

 

For example:

 

 

 

ProCurve(config)# erase startup-config

 

Configuration will be deleted and device rebooted, continue [y/n]?

 

 

 

Figure 6-3. Example of erase startup-config Command

 

 

Press [y] to replace the current configuration with the factory default config-

 

 

uration and reboot the switch. Press [n] to retain the current configuration and

 

 

prevent a reboot.

6-9