Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File

RS 2100 Initial Configuration

4.3CONFIGURATION CHANGES AND SAVING THE CONFIGURATION FILE

The RS 2100 uses three special configuration files:

 

Table 4-3 Configuration file contents

 

 

File

Descriptions

 

 

Scratchpad

The configuration commands you have entered during a management session. These commands

 

do not become active until you explicitly activate them. Because some commands depend on other

 

commands for successful execution, the RS 2100 scratchpad simplifies system configuration by

 

allowing you to enter configuration commands in any order, even when dependencies exist. When

 

you activate the commands in the scratchpad, the RS 2100 sorts out the dependencies and executes

 

the commands in their proper sequence.

 

 

Active

The commands from the Startup configuration file and any configuration commands that you have

 

made active from the scratchpad.

 

 

Startup

The configuration file that the RS 2100 uses to configure itself when the system is powered on.

 

 

Caution The active configuration remains in effect only during the current power cycle. If you power off or reboot the RS 2100 without saving the active configuration changes to the Startup configuration file, the changes are lost.

4.3.1Activating the Configuration Commands in the Scratchpad

Use the following procedure to activate the configuration commands in the scratchpad.

1.Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2.Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the CLI.

3.Enter the following command:

save active

The CLI displays the following message:

Do you want to make the changes Active? [y]

4.Enter y to activate the changes.

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