Nortel Networks 2500 Series manual Ascii Configuration Generator, Show running-config command

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show config-network command output

ASCII Configuration Generator

The primary goal of the ASCII Configuration Generator (ACG) is to provide the users of the Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series with a tool that lets them easily modify configuration of a particular switch or stack.

ACG generates an ASCII configuration file which reproduces the behavior of the current binary configuration file. The user can also rely on this function to maintain backup configurations, as well as use it as a reliable method for debugging the current configuration of a switch.

ATTENTION

When you are connected to a stack form the console port, ensure that the console is on the base unit before downloading an ASCII file.

The Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series can download an editable ASCII configuration file from the TFTP server. You can load the ASCII configuration file automatically at boot time or on demand using console menus or CLI.

Once downloaded, the configuration file automatically configures the switch according to the Command Line Interface (CLI) commands in the file. The maximum size for an ASCII configuration file is 100 KBs; larger configuration files must be split into multiple files.

For more information on loading the ASCII configuration file automatically, see "Automatically loading Configuration file" (page 188).

The commands that are associated with ACG are:

•"show running-config command" (page 191)

•"copy running-config tftp command" (page 192)

show running-config command

This command displays the current configuration of switch as a series of CLI commands.

This command must be executed in the configuration mode and has no parameters or variables.

The syntax of this command is:

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Overview — System Configuration

NN47215-500 (323162-B) 02.02 Standard

4.1 19 November 2007

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