HP 6120 7 Interface Access and System Information

Setting the Default Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21 Booting from the Default Flash (Primary or Secondary) . . . . . . 6-22 Booting from a Specified Flash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22 Using Reload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25 General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-26 Transitioning to Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-27 Listing and Displaying Startup-Config Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29

Viewing the Startup-Config File Status with Multiple

Configuration Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-29 Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File . . . . . . 6-30 Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration Policy . . . . . . . . . 6-30 Managing Startup-Config Files in the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-32 Renaming an Existing Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33 Creating a New Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-33 Erasing a Startup-Config File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-35

Using the Clear + Reset Button Combination To Reset the

Switch to Its Default Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-37 Transferring Startup-Config Files To or From a Remote Server . . . . 6-37 TFTP: Copying a Configuration File to a Remote Host . . . . . . . . 6-38 TFTP: Copying a Configuration File from a Remote Host . . . . . 6-39

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration File to a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40

Xmodem: Copying a Configuration from a Serially

Connected Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-40 Operating Notes for Multiple Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41

Automatic Configuration Update with DHCP Option 66 . . . . . . . . 6-41CLI Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-41 Possible Scenarios for Updating the Configuration File . . . . . . . . . . 6-42 Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-42 Log Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-43

7 Interface Access and System Information

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

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