Format And Content Of A Configuration File; Coexistence Of Multiple Configuration Files; Startup With The Configuration File - HP A5830 Series Configuration Manual

Format and content of a configuration file

A configuration file is saved as a text file according to these rules:
A configuration file contains commands.
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Only non-default configuration settings are saved.
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The commands are listed in sections by views, usually in this order: system view, interface view,
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routing protocol view, and user interface view.
Sections are separated with one or more blank lines or comment lines that start with a pound sign #.
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A configuration file ends with a return.
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Coexistence of multiple configuration files

A device starts up using only one configuration file.
Specify two startup configuration files, main startup configuration file and backup startup
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configuration file of the device as needed when the device has main and backup configuration files.
The device starts up using the main startup configuration file. If the main startup configuration file is
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corrupted or lost, the devices starts up using the backup startup configuration file.
Devices supporting main and backup startup configuration files are more secure and reliable.
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There are at most one main startup configuration file and one backup startup configuration file. If
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you do not specify a main or backup startup configuration, they are displayed as 'NULL.'
The device can save multiple configuration files on its storage media.
Save the configurations used in different networking environments as different configuration files.
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When the device moves between networking environments, specify the configuration file as the
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startup configuration file of the device and then restart the device.
Multiple configuration files allow the device adapt to the network rapidly, saving the configuration
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workload.
Specify main and backup startup configuration files, either:
Specify them when saving the running configuration. For more information, see
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configuration."
Specify them when specifying the startup configuration file. For more information, see
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startup configuration

Startup with the configuration file

The device takes the following steps when it starts up:
If the specified main startup configuration file exists, the device starts up with this configuration file.
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If the specified main startup configuration file does not exist but the backup startup configuration
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file exists, the device starts up with the backup startup configuration file.
If neither the main nor the backup startup configuration file exists, the device starts up with factory
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default configuration.
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"Saving the running
"Specifying a