Displaying The Content Of A Specific Startup-Config File; Changing Or Overriding The Reboot Configuration Policy - ProCurve 6400cl Management And Configuration Manual

Switch Memory and Configuration
Multiple Configuration Files on 5300xl and 4200vl Switches
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Displaying the Content of A Specific Startup-Config File

With Multiple Configuration enabled, the switch can have up to three startup­
config files. Because the show config command always displays the content of
the currently active startup-config file, the command extension shown below
is needed to allow viewing the contents of any other startup-config files stored
in the switch.
Syntax: show config < filename >
Available in software release E.09.xx or greater, this com­
mand displays the content of the specified startup-config file
in the same way that the show config command displays the
content of the default (currently active) startup-config file.
Changing or Overriding the Reboot Configuration
Policy
Command
startup-default [ primary | secondary ] config < filename >
boot system flash < primary | secondary > config < filename >
Prior to software release E.09.xx, the default boot configuration policy was
to boot the switch using the current (only) startup-config file. Beginning with
software release E.09.xx, which allows up to three separate startup-config
files, you can boot the switch using any available startup-config file.
Changing the Reboot Configuration Policy. For a given reboot, the
switch automatically reboots from the startup-config file assigned to the flash
location (primary or secondary) being used for the current reboot. For exam­
ple, when you first download a software version that supports multiple
configuration files (E.09.xx or greater), and boot from the flash location of
this version, the switch copies the existing startup-config file (named oldCon­
fig) into memory slot 2, renames this file to workingConfig, and assigns work­
ingConfig as:
■ The active configuration file
■ The configuration file to use when booting from either primary or second­
ary flash.
In this case, the switch is configured to automatically use the workingConfig
file in memory slot 2 for all reboots. (Refer to figure 6-20 on page page 6-27.)
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