Rebooting Your Switch; Managing Lcm8/Lcm16 Switch Configuration Files; Figure 4.9: Save Appliance Configuration Window - IBM LCM8 Installation And User Manual

Rebooting your switch

1. Periodically, such as after an upgrade, you may need to reboot the LCM8/LCM16 switch. You
can reboot the LCM8/LCM16 switch through the Tools tab in the OBWI. When clicked,
Reboot Switch will broadcast a disconnect message to any active users, then log out the
current user and immediately reboot the LCM8/LCM16 switch.
To reboot the LCM8/LCM16 switch remotely:
1. In the OBWI, click Tools > Reboot Appliance.
2. Click OK to reboot the appliance or Cancel to abort.

Managing LCM8/LCM16 switch configuration files

The configuration files contain all of the settings for the LCM8/LCM16 switch, including switch
settings, SNMP settings, and NTP settings. You can save your configuration file, in case it becomes
necessary to restore the configuration file at a later time, without manual configuration.
To read and save a configuration file from a LCM8/LCM16 switch:
1. Click the Tools tab in the OBWI.
2. Click the Save Appliance Configuration button.

Figure 4.9: Save Appliance Configuration window

3. (Optional) Enter and verify a password in the supplied fields. This password is requested when
you restore this database to an LCM8/LCM16 switch. Click Save.
NOTE: You may leave the password field blank if you do not want to require a password for accessing the
configuration file.
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