Startup Configuration Loading Process - HP FlexFabric 7900 Series Configuration Manual

Running configuration
The running configuration includes startup settings that have not been changed and new settings you
made. The running configuration is stored in the memory and is cleared at a device reboot or power off.
To use the running configuration after a power cycling or reboot, save it to a configuration file.
To view the running configuration, use the display current-configuration command. The displayed
configuration does not include parameters that use initial settings.

Startup configuration loading process

Figure 28 shows the configuration loading process during startup.
Figure 28 Configuration loading process during startup
Load default
configuration file
Software runs with
factory defaults
The device uses the following process to select the configuration to load at startup:
1. If you access the BootWare menus to select the Skip Current System Configuration option, the
device starts up with empty configuration. All parameters use their initial settings.
2. If you do not start the device with empty configuration, the following process applies:
a. If you have specified a main startup configuration file, and this configuration file is available,
the device starts up with this startup configuration file.
No
Backup
No
configuration file
available?
Yes
Load backup
configuration file
Software runs with
settings in backup
file
Start
BootWare runs
Yes
Enter BootWare
menus?
No
Main
configuration file
available?
Yes
Select "Skip
Current System
Configuration"
Load main Load initial
configuration file
Software runs with
Software runs with
settings in main
initial settings
file
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settings