HP 5120 series Configuration Manual page 116

Figure 31 Startup configuration loading process
No
configuration
file available?
Load default Load backup
configuration file configuration file
Software runs with Software runs with
factory defaults
The device uses the following process to select the startup configuration file to load at startup:
If you access the Boot menu to select the Skip Current System Configuration option, the device
1.
starts up with empty configuration. All parameters are set to their initial settings.
If you do not start the device with empty configuration, the following process applies:
2.
If you have specified a main startup configuration file, and this configuration file is available,
a.
the device starts up with the main startup configuration file.
If you have not specified a main startup configuration file, or the specified main startup
b.
configuration file is not available, the device starts up with the backup startup configuration
file.
If you have not specified a backup startup configuration file, or the specified backup startup
c.
configuration file is not available, the device starts up with the default configuration file (factory
defaults). If a parameter is not included in the default configuration file, its initial setting is
loaded.
Start
Boot ROM runs
Enter Boot
menu?
Startup
No
configuration
file specified?
Main
No
configuration
file available?
Backup
Yes
Load main
configuration file
Software runs with
backup file main file
Finish
109
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Select "Skip
Current System
Configuration"
Software runs with
initial settings