Saving Your Router Configuration - Cisco ASR 1001-X Hardware Installation Manual

Cisco ASR 1001-X Router Power Up and Initial Configuration
What to Do Next
Note For comprehensive configuration information about IP routing and IP routing protocols, see the
IP Routing Protocol-Independent Feature

Saving Your Router Configuration

This section describes how to avoid losing your configuration at the next system reload or power cycle by
saving the running configuration to the startup configuration in NVRAM. The NVRAM provides 32 MB of
storage on the router.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Router> enable
Step 2 copy running-config startup-config
Example:
Router# copy running-config startup-config
What to Do Next
To aid file recovery and minimize downtime in case of file corruption, we recommend that you save
Note
backup copies of the startup configuration file and the Cisco IOS-XE software system image file on a
server.
To avoid losing work you have completed, be sure to save your configuration occasionally as you proceed.
Note
Use the copy running-config startup-config command to save the configuration to NVRAM.
on Cisco.com.
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode.
Enter your password if prompted.
Saves the running configuration to the startup
configuration.
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