Maintaining Configuration Files; Saving Configuration Changes - HP procurve 8100fl series Management And Configuration Manual

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Maintaining Configuration Files

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Maintaining Configuration Files

The 8100fl switch maintains in memory and on disk the following
configuration files and commands:
■ running-config—The running-config file includes both the startup-con­
fig file plus any configuration changes or additions that you have made
entered during a CLI session.
• The running configuration remains in effect until you power down or
reboot the system.
• A reboot deletes the current running-config file and replaces it with
a copy of the startup-config file.
The running configuration remains in effect only during the current
power cycle. If you power off or reboot the switch without saving the
running configuration changes to the startup configuration file, the
changes are discarded.
startup-config—The configuration file the switch uses to configure itself
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when the system is powered on.
• The startup-config remains unchanged even when the system reboots.
• The 8100fl switch ships with a factory-default startup-config file.

Saving Configuration Changes

To save changes in the running-config into the startup configuration file (so
that the switch reinstates the changes next time you reboot the software), use
one of the following methods.
Replace the startup-config file with whatever is in the running configura­
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tion by entering the write memory command.
From Privileged Exec mode in the CLI, enter the following command to
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copy the configuration changes in the running configuration to the startup
configuration:
ProCurve#copy running-config startup-config
The new configuration changes replace the startup-config file stored in
the management module's boot flash.