Patton electronic SmartNode 4110 Series Modifying the running configuration offline, Node#reload

SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 6 • Configuration file handling

Example: Modifying the running configuration at the CLI

The following example shows how to modify the currently running configuration via the CLI and save it as the startup configuration.

node#configure

node(cfg)#…

node(cfg)#copy running-config startup-config node(cfg)#reload

Press 'yes' to restart, 'no' to cancel : yes The system is going down

Modifying the running configuration offline

In cases of complex configuration changes, which are easier to do offline, you may store a configuration on a TFTP server, where you can edit and save it. Since the SmartNode is acting as a TFTP client, it initiates all file transfer operations.

First, upload the running configuration, named running-config, from the SmartNode to the TFTP server. You can then edit the configuration file located on the TFTP server by using any regular text editor. Once the con- figuration has been edited, download it back into the SmartNode as upcoming startup configuration and store it in the persistent memory region nvram: under the name startup-config. Finally, restart the SmartNode by using the reload command to activate the changes.

Mode: Administrator execution

Step	Command	Purpose
1	node#copy running-config tftp://node-ip-	Uploads the current running configuration as file
	address[:port]/current-config	current-config to the TFTP server at address node-
		ip-address. Optionally you can enter the UDP
		port where the TFTP server listens. If the port is
		not specified, the default port 69 is used. This
		progress is visualized with a counter, counting up
		from 0 to 100% according to the downloaded
		amount of the file size. If the upload should fail
		an error message “% File Transfer - Put failed” is
		displayed.
2		Offline editing of the configuration file current-
		config on the TFTP server using any regular text
		editor.
3	node#copy tftp://node-ip-address/current-config	Downloads the modified configuration file cur-
	nvram: startup-config	rent-config from the TFTP server at address node-
		ip-address into the persistent memory region
		nvram: by using the name startup-config. This
		progress is visualized with a counter, counting up
		from 0 to 100% according to the downloaded
		amount of the file size. Should the download fail,
		an error message “% File Transfer - Get failed” is
		displayed.
4	node#reload	Restarts the system

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