Switch Memory and Configuration

 

Multiple Configuration Files

Multiple Configuration Files

 

 

 

 

Action

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Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files

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Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy

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Managing Startup-Config Files

 

 

Renaming Startup-Config Files

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Copying Startup-Config Files

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Erasing Startup-Config Files

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Effect of Using the Clear + Reset Buttons

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Copying Startup-Config Files to or from a Remote Server

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This method of operation means that you cannot preserve different startup- config files across a reboot without using remote storage.

The switch allows up to three startup-config files with options for selecting which startup-config file to use for:

■A fixed reboot policy using a specific startup-config file for a specific boot path (primary or secondary flash)

■Overriding the current reboot policy on a per-instance basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Startup-Config

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Boot Path

 

Options:

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Command

 

 

 

File 1

 

 

Running-Config

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary Boot Path

 

File 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

File 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 6-17. Optional Reboot Process

While you can still use remote storage for startup-config files, you can now maintain multiple startup-config files on the switch and choose which version to use for a reboot policy or an individual reboot.

This choice of which configuration file to use for the startup-config at reboot provides the following new options:

■The switch can reboot with different configuration options without having to exchange one configuration file for another from a remote storage location.

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