Configuration Save Options; Using File System Commands; Bulk Configuration Management; Downloading The Configuration - Enterasys Security Router X-PeditionTM User Manual

Configuration Save Options

There are several options available regarding configuration:
• If you want to make your running configuration the new startup configuration, you can save
it to Flash memory with the
• If you want to convert your startup configuration into the running configuration, you can
issue the
• If you want to save the startup configuration to a remote site using a TFTP server, issue the
copy startup-config tftp:
• If you want to load the configuration manually from a remote site using a TFTP server, issue
copy tftp: startup-config
the
page 2-27 for more information about this and the previous command.
• If you want to copy your entire startup configuration including encoded files to a remote site,
issue the
and the
Refer to
To view the running-config, use the
config , issue the
For more command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Using File System Commands

A set of MS-DOS compatible commands are available for use in conjunction with configuration
files. The XSR has a file system residing in the XSR's non-volatile memory.
You can copy files with the
with the more
change and list directory contents with the
command details, refer to the XSR CLI Reference Guide.

Bulk Configuration Management

The XSR can be configured in one action by storing CLI commands as a script in an ASCII file then
transferring the file to the router remotely using TFTP or locally from
limitation in the size of the stored file, though. If the file is larger than the limit, then the download
operation will abort producing an error message.

Downloading the Configuration

Downloading transfers a script file remotely from a server to the XSR's startup configuration
using TFTP or locally from
an exclamation mark.
To perform the task correctly, the TFTP server must be running on a remote device with the
configuration file residing in the TFTP root directory of the server. You can then enter the
startup-config tftp:
the XSR. Alternately, the file must first be loaded in
cflash:startup-config flash:startup-config
copy running-config startup-config
reload
command which reboots the XSR and reloads the startup configuration.
copy flash: full-config tftp:<any_name>
copy tftp:<any_name> flash:full-config
"Full-config Backup"
more startup-config
copy
command, remove files with the
command, verify a packed software image file with the
cflash:
command in EXEC mode to copy the configuration file from the server to
command. See the associated command below.
command. Refer to
on page 2-28 for more details about the command.
show running-config
command.
cd and dir commands, respectively. For more
. The ASCII-format script can include comments delineated by
cflash:
command.
Utilizing the Command Line Interface
command.
"Bulk Configuration Management"
command when backing up the XSR,
command when restoring the XSR.
command. To view the
delete
command, display files
verify command, and
cflash: . There is a
flash:
then copied to
XSR User's Guide 2-27
on
startup-
copy
with the copy