HP 6120 Transferring Startup-ConfigFiles To or From a Remote Server, erase, config1, startup-config, Figure 6-23.Example of Clear + Reset Result

Switch Memory and Configuration

Multiple Configuration Files

With the same memory configuration as is shown in the bottom portion of figure 6-22,executing erase startup-configboots the switch from primary flash, resulting in a new file named minconfig in the same memory slot. The new file contains the default configuration for the software version currently in primary flash.

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the Switch to Its Default Configuration

The Clear + Reset button combination described in the Installation and Getting Started Guide produces these results. That is, when you press the Clear + Reset button combination, the switch:

•Overwrites the content of the startup-config file currently in memory slot 1 with the default configuration for the software version in primary flash, and renames this file to config1.

•Erases any other startup-config files currently in memory.

•Configures the new file in memory slot 1 as the default for both primary and secondary flash locations (regardless of the software version currently in secondary flash).

•Boots the switch from primary flash using the new startup-config file.

ProCurve# sho config files

				Pressing Clear + Reset:
Configuration files:				– Replaces all startup-config files with a single
				file named config that contains the default
id act pri sec -----------------------------------------			name	configuration for the software version in
				primary flash.
---+-------------		+
				– Resets the Active, Primary, and Secondary
1	*	* *	config
				assignments as shown here.
2
3

Figure 6-23. Example of Clear + Reset ResultTransferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server

Command	Page
copy config < src-file> tftp < ip-addr> < remote-file> < pc unix > [oobm]	below
copy tftp config < dest-file> < ip-addr> < remote-file> < pc unix > [oobm]	below

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