Configuration File Management; Configuration File Management Configuration File Management - 3Com 8807 Configuration Manual

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Configuration File
Management
Configuration File
Management Overview
Displaying the
Current-Configuration
Saved-Configuration of
Switch
C
ONFIGURATION
The management module of configuration file provides a user-friendly operation
interface. It saves the configuration of the switch in the text format of command
line to record the whole configuration process. Thus you can view the
configuration information conveniently.
The format of configuration file includes:
It is saved in the command format.
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Only the non-default constants will be saved
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The organization of commands is based on command views. The commands in
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the same command mode are sorted in one section. The sections are separated
with a blank line or a comment line (A comment line begins with exclamation
mark "#").
Generally, the sections in the file are arranged in the following order: system
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configuration, Ethernet port configuration, VLAN interface configuration,
routing protocol configuration and so on.
It ends with "end".
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The following sections describe configuration file management tasks.
"Displaying the Current-Configuration and Saved-Configuration of Switch"
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"Modifying and Saving the Current-Configuration"
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"Erasing Configuration Files from Flash Memory"
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"Configuring the Name of the Configuration File Used for the Next Startup."
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When the switch is being powered on, the system will read the configuration files
from Flash Memory for the initialization of the switch. (Such configuration files are
and called saved-configuration files). If there is no configuration file in Flash Memory,
the system will begin the initialization with the default parameters. Relative to the
saved-configuration, the configuration in effect during the operating process of
the system is called current-configuration. You can use the following commands
to display the current-configuration and saved-configuration information of the
switch.
Perform the following configuration in any view.
F M
ILE ANAGEMENT