SMC Networks SMC6624M Management Manual page 369

If you use the CLI to change a parameter setting, and then execute the
command without first executing the write memory command to save the
change, the switch prompts you to specify whether to save the changes in the
current running-config file. For example:
SMC6624M(config)# interface e 1 disable
SMC6624M(config)# boot
Device will be rebooted, do you want to continue [y/n]? y
Do you want to save current configuration [y/n]?
The above prompt means that one or more parameter settings in the running-
config file differ from their counterparts in the startup-config file and you need
to choose which config file to retain and which to discard.
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If you use the CLI to make a change to the running-config file, you must use
the write memory command to save the change to the startup-config file. That
is, if you use the CLI to change a parameter setting, but then reboot the switch
from either the CLI or the menu interface without first executing the write
memory command in the CLI, the current startup-config file will replace the
running-config file, and any changes in the running-config file will be lost.
Also, where a parameter setting is accessable from both the CLI and the menu
interface, if you change the setting in the CLI, the new value will appear in the
menu interface display for that parameter. However, if you use the Save
command in the menu interface without first making other configuration
changes, the change made to the running config by the CLI will be lost. You
should use the write memory command in the CLI to save the change to the
startup-config file, or first make configuration changes in the manu interface
before using the Save command.
Disables port 1 in the running configuration, which causes port 1 to block all traffic.
If you want to update the startup-config file to match the running-config
file, press [Y] for "yes". (This means that the changes you entered in the
running-config file will be saved in the startup-config file.)
If you want to discard the changes you made to the running-config file so
that it will match the startup-config file, then press [N] for "no". (This
means that the switch will discard the changes you entered in the running-
config file and will update the running-config file to match the startup-
config file.)
Switch Memory and Configuration
Using the CLI To Implement Configuration Changes
boot
Press [Y] to continue
the rebooting process.
You will then see this
prompt.
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