Riverstone Networks WICT1-12 2.1.1 Changing Configuration Information, 2.1.2 Displaying Configuration Information

2-2 Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0
Configuration Files Maintaining Configuration Files
The following figure illustrates the configuration files and the commands you can use to save your configuration:
Figure 2-1 Commands to save configurations
2.1.1 Changing Configuration Information
The RS provides many commands for changing configuration information.
Use the negate command on a specific line of the active configuration to “disable” a feature or function which has
been enabled.
2.1.2 Displaying Configuration Information
The following table lists the commands that are useful for displaying the RS’s configuration information.
Table 2-1 Commands to change configuration information
Task Command
Enable Mode:
Copy between scratchpad, active configuration, startup
configuration, TFTP server, RCP server, or URL. copy <source> to <destination>
Configure Mode:
Erase commands in scratchpad. erase scratchpad
Erase startup configuration. erase startup
Negate one or more commands by line numbers. negate <line number>
Negate commands that match a specified command string. no <string>
Save scratchpad to active configuration. save active
Save active configuration to startup. save startup
StartupActive
Scratchpad
(config)# save active (config)# save startup
temporary
location;
contents lost
at reboot
in effect
until reboot
remains
through
reboot